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鸿
hóng
a species of wild swan; vast
🔤 Pictophonetic:
鸟 (bird) provides meaning, 江 provides pronunciation
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jiāng
江
large river; the Yangtze; surname
🔤 Pictophonetic:
氵 (water) provides meaning, 工 provides pronunciation
6 strokes
HSK 4
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yī
一
one; a, an; alone
💡 Ideographic:
Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
1 strokes
HSK 1
Words Using 鸿 (32)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
鸿
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hóng
eastern bean goose / great / large
hóng
鸿
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eastern bean goose / great / large
鸿沟
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hónggōu
wide gap / gulf / chasm / lit. name of old canal in Henan that formed the border between enemies Chu [[楚]] and Han [[漢|汉]]
hónggōu
鸿沟
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wide gap / gulf / chasm / lit. name of old canal in Henan that formed the border between enemies Chu [[楚]] and Han [[漢|汉]]
黄飞鸿
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HuángFēihóng
Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
HuángFēihóng
黄飞鸿
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Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
鸿鹄
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hónghú
swan / person with noble aspirations
hónghú
鸿鹄
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swan / person with noble aspirations
哀鸿遍野
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āihóngbiànyě
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land
āihóngbiànyě
哀鸿遍野
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lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land
徐悲鸿
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XúBēihóng
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
XúBēihóng
徐悲鸿
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Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
李鸿章
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LǐHóngzhāng
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
LǐHóngzhāng
李鸿章
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Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
张二鸿
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ZhāngÈrhóng
Jung Chang [[張戎|张戎<ZhāngRóng>]] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans [[野天鵝|野天鹅<YěTiāné>]] 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<MáoZédōng·XiānwéirénzhīdeGùshi>]]
ZhāngÈrhóng
张二鸿
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Jung Chang [[張戎|张戎<ZhāngRóng>]] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans [[野天鵝|野天鹅<YěTiāné>]] 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<MáoZédōng·XiānwéirénzhīdeGùshi>]]
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
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yànquèyānzhīhónggǔzhīzhì
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?
yànquèyānzhīhónggǔzhīzhì
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
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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?
轻于鸿毛
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qīngyúhóngmáo
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
qīngyúhóngmáo
轻于鸿毛
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light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant