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燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

Word

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?

Traditional
燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志

yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì

yan4que4yan1zhi1hong2gu3zhi1zhi4

Meaning

  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? CC-CEDICT

Characters in 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

燕yàn雀què焉yān知zhī鸿hóng鹄gǔ之zhī志zhì
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