Endless Beauty

Chinese is a poetic and symbolic language. The thousands of Chinese characters that are used in the Mandarin language are pictograms with deep meaning that go beyond western concepts of alphabets. Many Chinese characters have multiple meanings and the actual meaning depends on the context in which it is used and often the adjacent characters.

We just learned the meaning of our daughter's name, Lian Yu. Lian means to link, join or connect. It can also mean something repeated or including. Yu means pure or beautiful. Combined the words convey a meaning of endless beauty. A fitting name for a beautiful little girl!