浮雲

See also: 浮云

Chinese

	to float	cloud; (abbr.) for Yunnan; surname
trad. (浮雲)	浮	雲
simp. (浮云)	浮	云
anagram	雲浮／云浮

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	浮	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fú	yún
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuw ›	‹ hjun ›
Old Chinese	/*m.b(r)u/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/
English	float (v.)	cloud
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

浮雲

(literary) floating cloud(s)
- 不義而富且貴，於我如浮雲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bùyì ér fù qiě guì, yú wǒ rú fúyún. [Pinyin]
  Riches and honours acquired by unrighteousness, are to me as a floating cloud.
- 上決浮雲，下絕地紀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  上决浮云，下绝地纪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Shàng jué fúyún, xià jué dìjì. [Pinyin]
  Above, (the sword) cleaves the floating clouds; and below, it penetrates to every division of the earth.
(literary or new slang, figuratively) something not worth cherishing; unimportant matter
(literary, figuratively) passing time
(literary, figuratively) evil and crafty minister
(literary, figuratively) life of a vagrant
(literary, figuratively, calligraphy) lively, flowing brushwork

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