鴻鵠之志
See also: 鸿鹄之志
Chinese edit
big bird; swan; person with lofty aspirations | 's; him/her/it; this | the will | ||
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trad. (鴻鵠之志) | 鴻鵠 | 之 | 志 | |
simp. (鸿鹄之志) | 鸿鹄 | 之 | 志 | |
Literally: “the ambitions of a (grand) swan”. |
Etymology edit
See 燕雀安知鴻鵠志/燕雀安知鸿鹄志 (yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhì).
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
鴻鵠之志
- (figurative) the ambitions of a great person
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: 鴻鵠の志 (kōkoku no kokorozashi) (calque)