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天鹅 tiān é swan
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸 wáng mài guā , mài kuā every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
天鹅湖 Tiān é Swan Lake
老王卖瓜,自卖自夸 Lǎo Wáng mài guā , mài kuā every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
天鹅绒 tiān é róng velvet / swan's down
鸿鹄 hóng swan / person with noble aspirations
小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān é Little Swan (PRC appliance brand)
小天鹅 xiǎo tiān é (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus)
大天鹅 tiān é (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
疣鼻天鹅 yóu tiān é (bird species of China) mute swan (Cygnus olor)
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 lài ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
鹍弦 kūn xián pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]
swan
鸿雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng 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?
刻鹄类鹜 lèi 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
张戎 Zhāng Róng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
飞鸿 fēi hóng swan goose / (fig.) letter; message
白鹄 bái (white) swan
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng 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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