鸿

hóng

Definitions

1. eastern bean goose
2. great
3. large

Words Containing 鸿

• 来鸿 lái hóng: incoming letter (literary)
• 来鸿去燕 lái hóng qù yàn: lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
• 哀鸿遍野 āi hóng biàn yě: lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
• 大鸿胪 dà hóng lú: Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]
• 崔鸿 cuī hóng: Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
• 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]
• 徐悲鸿 xú bēi hóng: Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
• 李鸿章 lǐ hóng zhāng: Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
• 李鸿章杂碎 lǐ hóng zhāng zá sui: chop suey (American Chinese dish)
• 波鸿 bō hóng: Bochum (city in Germany)
• 泰山鸿毛 tài shān hóng máo: as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
• 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)
• 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?
• 纳鸿 nà hóng: Nahum
• 轻于鸿毛 qīng yú hóng máo: light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling
• 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
• 远方来鸿 yuǎn fāng lái hóng: letter from afar (literary)
• 那鸿书 nà hóng shū: Book of Nahum
• 雪泥鸿爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo: a goose's footprint in the snow
• 飞鸿踏雪 fēi hóng tà xuě: see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]
• 飞鸿雪爪 fēi hóng xuě zhǎo: see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xuě ní hóng zhǎo]
• 惊鸿 jīng hóng: graceful (esp. of female posture)
• 鸿图大计 hóng tú dà jì: important large scale project
• 鸿毛泰山 hóng máo tài shān: lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
• 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
• 鸿海 hóng hǎi: Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
• 鸿沟 hóng gōu: (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap
• 鸿章 hóng zhāng: Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
• 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)
• 鸿鹄 hóng hú: swan
• 黄飞鸿 huáng fēi hóng: Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master