晴空一鹤排云上

晴空一鶴排雲上
qíngkōngyīhèpáiyúnshàng
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 a crane climbs through the clouds in clear sky
  2. 2 Liu Yuxi's image of autumn spirit — a single crane rising pushes the poet's mood upward with it

Examples

Qiūgāoqìshuǎng, bùjīn xiǎngqǐ "qíngkōng yī hè pái yún shàng".
The air is crisp and clear — I can't help thinking of 'a crane climbing through the clouds in clear sky.'
Tā yòng "qíngkōng yī hè pái yún shàng" lái xíngróng zìjǐ cízhí chuàngyè de xīnqíng.
He described quitting his job to start up as feeling like 'a crane climbing through the clouds in clear sky.'

Tips

history
From 《》 by (Liu Yuxi, Tang dynasty): '便。' Liu wrote the poem in political exile — a deliberate rebuttal of the old 'autumn = sadness' trope. The line pairs with in the same poem.
usage
here = 'push apart / part open' (the clouds), not 'arrange in a row.' Classical verb sense.

Stroke Order

qíng
kōng
pái
yún
shàng