风流云散 in English feng1 liu2 yun2 san4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiomatic expression); metaphorically scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)

Simplified Characters

风 流 云 散

Traditional Characters

風 流 雲 散

Pinyin

feng1 liu2 yun2 san4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

风feng1wind 流liu2to flow 云yun2(classical) to say 散san4variant of 散[san4]