鸿沟
hóng gōu
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(fig.) gulf;
chasm;
wide gap;
(originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉
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鸿运
hóng yùn
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variant of 紅運|红运[hong2 yun4]
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黄飞鸿
huáng fēi hóng
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Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
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鸿门宴
hóng mén yàn
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Feast at Hongmen;
(fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest;
refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
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鸿鹄
hóng hú
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swan;
person with noble aspirations
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来鸿
lái hóng
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incoming letter (literary)
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来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
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lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
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哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
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lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims;
starving people fill the land
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大鸿胪
dà hóng lú
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Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
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崔鸿
cuī hóng
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Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
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张二鸿
zhāng èr hóng
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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]
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徐悲鸿
xú bēi hóng
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Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
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李鸿章
lǐ hóng zhāng
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Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
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波鸿
bō hóng
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Bochum (city in Germany)
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泰山鸿毛
tài shān hóng máo
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as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
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燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
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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?
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燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
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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?
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纳鸿
nà hóng
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Nahum
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轻于鸿毛
qīng yú hóng máo
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light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling;
unimportant
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辜鸿铭
gū hóng míng
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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
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远方来鸿
yuǎn fāng lái hóng
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letter from afar (literary)
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那鸿书
nà hóng shū
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Book of Nahum
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雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
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a goose's footprint in the snow;
vestiges of the past (idiom);
the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
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飞鸿踏雪
fēi hóng tà xuě
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see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3]
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飞鸿雪爪
fēi hóng xuě zhuǎ
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see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3]
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