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鸿

hóng

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Definitions

  1. 1. eastern bean goose
  2. 2. great
  3. 3. large

Words Containing 鸿

崔鸿
cuī hóng

Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

那鸿书
nà hóng shū

Book of Nahum

飞鸿雪爪
fēi hóng xuě zhǎo

see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)

来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn

lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

鸿图大计
hóng tú dà jì

important large scale project

远方来鸿
yuǎn fāng lái hóng

letter from afar (literary)

波鸿
bō hóng

Bochum (city in Germany)

黄飞鸿
huáng fēi hóng

Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master

鸿胪寺
hóng lú sì

(archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol

鸿门宴
hóng mén yàn

Hongmen feast

鸿雁
hóng yàn

(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)

纳鸿
nà hóng

Nahum

鸿章
hóng zhāng

Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

鸿沟
hóng gōu

(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap

李鸿章
lǐ hóng zhāng

Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

鸿毛泰山
hóng máo tài shān

lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)

李鸿章杂碎
lǐ hóng zhāng zá sui

chop suey (American Chinese dish)

鸿鹄
hóng hú

swan

辜鸿铭
gū hóng míng

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

张二鸿
zhāng èr hóng

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]

惊鸿
jīng hóng

graceful (esp. of female posture)

轻于鸿毛
qīng yú hóng máo

light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling

大鸿胪
dà hóng lú

Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]

鸿海
hóng hǎi

Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn

哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě

lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims

飞鸿踏雪
fēi hóng tà xuě

see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]

雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo

a goose's footprint in the snow

泰山鸿毛
tài shān hóng máo

as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)

来鸿
lái hóng

incoming letter (literary)

燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì

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?

徐悲鸿
xú bēi hóng

Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher

鸿毛泰岱
hóng máo tài dài

light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another