A name from a poem
天際
Pinyin tiān jìSimplified 天际usually a boy’s name
A current that runs to the edge of the sky — the road still open.
What’s wished for
Only the Long River flowing on to the sky’s edge — Li Bai’s farewell. Possibility that keeps going far.
Where it comes from
唯见长江天际流
wéi jiàn cháng jiāng tiān jì liú
“Where I see but the endless River rolling by.”
— Li Bai, “Farewell to Meng Haoran at Yellow Crane Tower” (黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵)
About the two characters
- 天
- sky, heaven
- 際
- edge, horizon
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