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鸿鹄

hóng hú

2-character word Traditional 鴻鵠

What 鸿鹄 means

1. swan
2. person with noble aspirations

The characters in 鸿鹄

• 鸿hóngeastern bean goose; great; large
• 鹄gǔcenter or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target

Words containing 鸿鹄

• 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhìlit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)…
• 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhìlit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)…

Sounds the same

Read hóng hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

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