| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 鹄 | 鵠 | gǔ | gu3 | center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target | ||
| 2 | 鹄的 | 鵠的 | gǔ dì | gu3 di4 | bull's-eye; target; objective | ||
| 3 | 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 | 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 | yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì | yan4 que4 yan1 zhi1 hong2 gu3 zhi1 zhi4 | 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? | ||
| 4 | 一箭中鹄 | 一箭中鵠 | yī jiàn zhòng gǔ | yi1 jian4 zhong4 gu3 | to shoot and hit with the first arrow (idiom) |