燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
Meaning
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yànlovebird, swallow廿口北灬雀quèsparrow小隹焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then正灬知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend矢口鸿hónga species of wild swan; vast江鸟鹄gǔswan告鸟之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write士心