粵

燕jin3雀zoek3安on1知zi1鴻hung4鵠huk6之zi1志zi3

simp燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
jin3 zoek3 on1 zi1 hung4 huk6 zi1 zi3yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì

English

  1. lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
  2. fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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