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 ㄓ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ huk⁶ zi¹ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hónghúzhīzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄓ ㄓˋ
    • 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

1. (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)