鴻鵠之志

See also: 鸿鹄之志

Chinese

		big bird; swan; person with lofty aspirations	's; him/her/it; this	the will
trad. (鴻鵠之志)		鴻鵠	之	志
simp. (鸿鹄之志)		鸿鹄	之	志
Literally: “the ambitions of a (grand) swan”.

Etymology

See 燕雀安知鴻鵠志／燕雀安知鸿鹄志 (yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhì).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hónghúzhīzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄓㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ huk⁶ zi¹ zi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hónghúzhīzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄓㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hónghújhihjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-hu²-chih¹-chih⁴
  - Yale: húng-hú-jr̄-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornghwujyjyh
  - Palladius: хунхучжичжи (xunxučžičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ xu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ huk⁶ zi¹ zi³
  - Yale: hùhng huhk jī ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ huk⁹ dzi¹ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ hug⁶ ji¹ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ hʊk̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³³/

Idiom

鴻鵠之志

(figurative) the ambitions of a great person

Descendants

→ Japanese: 鴻鵠(こうこく)の志(こころざし) (kōkoku no kokorozashi) (calque)

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