燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì

Định nghĩa

1. 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?

Từ cấu thành 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 志 zhì: aspiration
• 焉 yān: where
• 焉知 yān zhī: (literary) how is one to know?
• 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