[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]
[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]
[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]