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燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

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?

Characters and words in 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

yān = y + an1
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan
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yàn = y + an4
swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴[yan4]
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yàn = y + an4
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry
qiāo = qi + ao1
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què = qu + e4
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
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yān = y + an1
where / how
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(literary) how is one to know?
zhī = zh + Ø1
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hóng = hu + (e)ng2
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swan / person with noble aspirations
= gu + Ø3
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target
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= hu + Ø2
zhī = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
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zhì = zh + Ø4
aspiration / ambition / the will
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zhì = zh + Ø4
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