燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
Word
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
- Traditional
- 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
yan4que4an1zhi1hong2hu2zhi1zhi4Meaning
- lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) CC-CEDICT
- fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? CC-CEDICT