The meaning of floating clouds is: clouds floating in the sky, erratic, etc.
"Floating clouds" describes things that can be seen but cannot be sought. It can also express people and things that have no practical significance. Describes not taking something seriously. It is elusive and fleeting. Generally used for things that are not taken seriously.
Floating clouds are clouds floating in the sky. "Floating" means floating or dancing. After that, people still used "floating clouds" to express their wandering and unpredictability. It is precisely because of its unpredictable nature that floating clouds tend to represent wanderers who are at home in different places. The description is elusive and has no fixed location.
The image of floating clouds in poetry
Floating clouds float without support and cover the moon. This is a natural phenomenon. Song Yu used it in "Nine Bian" as a metaphor for slander and sycophancy to deceive the king. Later authors inherited this symbol and continued to imitate it. The image of floating clouds has two ready-made meanings, one is evil forces, and the other is wandering. The wandering clouds can not only be used as a metaphor for people's whereabouts, but also as a portrayal of current events and world affairs.
The clouds gather and disperse impermanently, which is often described as the emptiness of life. When floating clouds are connected to things that represent fame and wealth, it often metaphors the lyrical subject's contempt for fame and wealth, and his transcendent and arrogant spiritual attitude. Floating clouds are also a symbol of leisure. For example, in Bao Rong's "Huai Yin Zhenren": Thousands of miles of mountains and green mountains, one's mind is wandering in the clouds.