燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや - Kiokun Dictionary

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Japanese

燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんやえんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや同音

exp. proverb only a hero can understand a hero; (literal) swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans

Notes

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yàn つばめ 연

yànquè えんじゃく

(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

què すずめ 작

ān やす.い 안

いずくんぞ

adds force or indicates command

おおとり 홍

species of wild swan

hónghú こうこく

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