鸿

eastern bean goose / great / large

surname Jiang

river / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

variant of 屌[diao3] / penis

bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn

incoming letter (literary)

lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land

Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]

Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] 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[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]

Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher

Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

chop suey (American Chinese dish)

Bochum (city in Germany)

as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)

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?

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?

Nahum

light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant

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

letter from afar (literary)

Book of Nahum

a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe