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燕雀安知鴻鵠之志

yàn​què​'ān​zhī​hóng​hú​zhī​zhì

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan?

Definitions

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 (燕雀安知鴻鵠之志) 

yàn​què​'ān​zhī​hóng​hú​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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