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鸿
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Definitions
- 1. eastern bean goose
- 2. great
- 3. large
Words Containing 鸿
Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
Book of Nahum
see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
important large scale project
letter from afar (literary)
Bochum (city in Germany)
Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master
(archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol
Hongmen feast
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
Nahum
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
chop suey (American Chinese dish)
swan
Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[zhāng róng] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[yě tiān é] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[máo zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi]
graceful (esp. of female posture)
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling
Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]
a goose's footprint in the snow
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
incoming letter (literary)
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another