hóng hú
swan
person with noble aspirations
gǔ
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old)
goal
target
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?
gǔ dì
bull's-eye
target
objective
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?
hú hòu huí yīn
to respectfully await sb’s reply (idiom)
kè hú lèi wù
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
to fail utterly in trying to copy something
to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
hú hòu
to respectfully await
to look forward to