鵠
鹄
gǔ
ㄍㄨˇ
- target
Words with 鵠鹄
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Old
1. center or bull's eye of an archery target
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2. goal
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3. target
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Verb
1. to respectfully await
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Verb
2. to look forward to
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1. swan
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2. person with noble aspirations
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Idiom, Verb
1. to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck
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Verb
2. to fail utterly in trying to copy something
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Verb
3. to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
ㄧㄢˋㄑㄩㄝˋㄢㄓㄏㄨㄥˊㄏㄨˊㄓㄓˋ
燕雀安知鴻鵠之志
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
Simplified
Traditional
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
燕雀安知鴻鵠之志
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Idiom
1. lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan?
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2. fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
ㄧㄢˋㄑㄩㄝˋㄧㄢㄓㄏㄨㄥˊㄍㄨˇㄓㄓˋ
燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
Simplified
Traditional
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志
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Idiom
1. lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan?
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2. fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?