鴻雁
See also: 鸿雁
Chinese
{{vern|eastern bean goose}}; great; large | wild goose | ||
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trad. (鴻雁/鴻鴈) | 鴻 | 雁/鴈 | |
simp. (鸿雁) | 鸿 | 雁 |
Pronunciation
Noun
鴻雁
- swan goose
- 鴻雁于飛,集于中澤。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Hóngyàn yú fēi, jí yú zhōng zé. [Pinyin]
- The wild geese are flying about; and they settle in the midst of the marsh.
鸿雁于飞,集于中泽。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, figurative) refugee; displaced people
- (literary, figurative) letter
- (literary, figurative) brother
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 大雁 (“swan goose”) [map]
Descendants
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