浮云朝露 fúyúnzhāolù fleeting Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 浮云 浮雲 fúyún transience (literary) a metaphor for the passage of time or the unpredictable nature of world affairs朝露 zhāolù morning dew morning dew; figuratively refers to the precarious brevity of human life or things that are short-lived and ephemeral