燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
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Definitions
- 1. lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
- 2. fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
Child Words of 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
(bound form) calm; peaceful
aspiration
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
to know
a freckle
(bound form) small bird
eastern bean goose
swan
goal
swan