A name from a poem
扶搖
Pinyin fú yáoSimplified 扶摇usually a boy’s name
Rise on the whirlwind — nine thousand li.
What’s wished for
直挂雲帆済滄海 — 李白. 莊子扶搖；非瀚宇.
Where it comes from
直挂云帆济沧海
zhí guà yún fān jì cāng hǎi
“I'll set my cloud-like sail to cross the sea which raves.”
— Li Bai, “The Road Is Hard” (行路难)
About the two characters
- 扶
- to support; with 搖, the whirlwind of Zhuangzi
- 搖
- to sway; with 扶, rising whirlwind
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