燕雀安知鸿鹄之志

yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì

คำจำกัดความ

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?

คำย่อยของ 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志

• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 安 ān: (bound form) calm; peaceful
• 志 zhì: aspiration
• 燕雀 yàn què: (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
• 知 zhī: to know
• 雀 qiāo: a freckle
• 雀 què: (bound form) small bird
• 鸿 hóng: eastern bean goose
• 鸿鹄 hóng hú: swan
• 鹄 gǔ: goal
• 鹄 hú: swan