鸿 hóng

species of wild swan; vast

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DEFINITIONS

  • species of wild swan
  • vast
  • eastern bean goose
  • great
  • large

STROKES

WORDS

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