鸿鹄

鴻鵠
hónghú
  1. swan
  2. person with noble aspirations

CEDICT

  1. (literary) big bird; swan
  2. (literary, figurative) person with lofty aspirations
  3. big bird; swan
  4. person with lofty aspirations

Wiktionary

  1. 大鸟。
  2. 比喻志向远大的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 鸿 hóng
  1. eastern bean goose
  2. great
  3. large
2 鹄 hú swan

Containing this entry

燕雀安知鸿鹄志 yànquèānzhīhónghúzhì
鸿鹄之志 hónghúzhīzhì

Related entries

天鹅 tiāné swan
这只天鹅是黑色的。

This swan is black.

Source: Tatoeba

白鹄 báihú (white) swan
鹄 hú swan