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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 | yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì | - 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? |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 82,989 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 燕 | yān | - Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day 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 |
| 燕 | yàn | - swallow (family Hirundinidae) - old variant of 宴[yan4] |
| 燕 | yàn | - variant of 燕[yan4] |
| 雀 | qiāo | - a freckle - lentigo |
| 雀 | què | - (bound form) small bird - sparrow - also pr. [qiao3] |
| 安 | Ān | - surname An |
| 安 | ān | - (bound form) calm; peaceful - to calm; to set at ease - safe; secure; in good health - content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) - to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) - to install; to fix; to fit - to bring (a charge against sb) - to harbor (certain intentions) - ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) |
| 知 | zhī | - to know - to be aware |
| 鸿 | hóng | - eastern bean goose - great - large |
| 鹄 | gǔ | - center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) - goal - target |
| 鹄 | hú | - swan |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 志 | zhì | - aspiration - ambition - the will |
| 志 | zhì | - sign - mark - to record - to write a footnote |
Other Words Containing 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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