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燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 (jin3 zoek3 jin1 zi1 hung4 huk6 zi1 zi3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 (jin3 zoek3 jin1 zi1 hung4 huk6 zi1 zi3, yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì) — 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?

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beyond HSK

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