浮雲朝露 fú yún zhāo lù

DEFINITIONS

  1. floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence

CHARACTERS

浮 fú to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous
雲 yún clouds; Yunnan province
朝 zhāo dynasty; morning
露 lù dew; bare, open, exposed