[燕, Yān, ㄧㄢ]Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436); surname Yan#4554[Add to Longdo]
[燕雀, yàn què, ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ]Eurasian finch or brambling (Fringilla montifringilla); fig. small fry; cf can the sparrow know the will of the great swan? 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志|燕雀安知鸿鹄之志#97179[Add to Longdo]
[燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 / 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志, yàn què ān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì, ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄢ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄓ ㄓˋ]lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (成语 saw); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?#174273[Add to Longdo]
[郢书燕说 / 郢書燕說, Yǐng shū Yān shuō, ㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ]words distorted in reading (成语 saw); cf letter from Chu 楚 capital Ying 郢|郢 contains inadvertent words "hold up the candle" that minister of Yan 燕 puzzles out to mean "brilliant prospects"#453435[Add to Longdo]
[燕雀处堂 / 燕雀處堂, yàn què chù táng, ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄨˋ ㄊㄤˊ]lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (成语 saw); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead; a fool's paradise#947945[Add to Longdo]
[燕太子丹, Yān Tài zǐ Dān, ㄧㄢ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄉㄢ]Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC[Add to Longdo]
[燕雀乌鹊 / 燕雀烏鵲, yàn què wū què, ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄨ ㄑㄩㄝˋ]lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry; a bunch of nobodies[Add to Longdo]
[燕雀相贺 / 燕雀相賀, yàn què xiàng hè, ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄜˋ]lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (成语 saw); fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project; congratulations on your new house![Add to Longdo]
[处堂燕雀 / 處堂燕雀, chù táng yàn què, ㄔㄨˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ]lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (成语 saw); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead; a fool's paradise[Add to Longdo]
[つばめ(P);つばくらめ(ok);つばくら(ok);つばくろ(ok);ツバメ(P), tsubame (P); tsubakurame (ok); tsubakura (ok); tsubakuro (ok); tsubame (P)](n) (1) (uk) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; (P)#5944[Add to Longdo]
[ツバメのす(ツバメの巣);つばめのす(燕の巣), tsubame nosu ( tsubame no su ); tsubamenosu ( tsubame no su )](n) (1) swallow's nest; (2) { food } swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)[Add to Longdo]
[えんじゃくこうこく, enjakukoukoku](exp) How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero[Add to Longdo]
[えんぜんとごふ, enzentogofu](n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the North; Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE[Add to Longdo]
[みかづきつばめうお;ミカヅキツバメウオ, mikadukitsubameuo ; mikadukitsubameuo](n) (uk) golden spadefish (Platax boersii, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines); Boer's batfish[Add to Longdo]