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鸿
hóng
a species of wild swan; vast
🔤 Pictophonetic: 鸟 (bird) provides meaning, 江 provides pronunciation
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Words Using 鸿 (32)

鸿
hóng
eastern bean goose / great / large
鸿沟
hónggōu
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
HuángFēihóng
Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
鸿鹄
hónghú
swan / person with noble aspirations
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yànquèānzhīhónghúzhīzhì
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
qīngyúhóngmáo
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
辜鸿铭
GūHóngmíng
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
纳鸿
Nàhóng
Nahum
那鸿书
Nàhóngshū
Book of Nahum
飞鸿踏雪
fēihóngtàxuě
see [[雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪<xuěníhóngzhǎo>]]
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