鹄

鸿鹄

hóng hú

swan

鹄候

hú hòu

to respectfully await

鹄的

gǔ dì

bull's-eye

刻鹄类鹜

kè hú lèi wù

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志

yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)

燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ 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?

白鹄

bái hú

(white) swan