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    3. 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや

    燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや

    燕えん雀じゃくい安ずくん​ぞ​鴻こう鵠こくの​志こころざしを​知しら​ん​や​

    only a hero can understand a hero

    NTExpressionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab97 strokes

    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

    Expressions

    1.
    only a hero can understand a hero, swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    燕
    つばめ・つばくら・つばくろ…(1)
    swallow (bird)
    Kanji
    雀
    すずめ…(5)
    sparrow
    Kanji
    安
    やす.い・やす.まる・やす・やす.らか…(6)
    relax・cheap・low・quiet・rested…(2)
    Kanji
    鴻
    おおとり・ひしくい・おおがり…(2)
    large bird・wild goose・large・great・powerful…(1)
    Kanji
    鵠
    くぐい・まと…(2)
    swan
    Kanji
    志
    シリング・こころざ.す・こころざし…(5)
    intention・plan・resolve・aspire・motive…(2)
    Kanji
    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
    Kanji
    ん
    n
    Kana
    ぞ
    zo
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    や
    ya
    Kana
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    • 安
    • 鴻
    • 鵠
    • 志
    • 知
    • ん
    • ぞ
    • の
    • を
    • ら
    • や

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