燕雀乌鹊 (燕雀烏鵲)
yàn què wū què
Pinyin

Definition

燕雀乌鹊 (燕雀烏鵲)
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yàn què wū què
  1. lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry
  2. a bunch of nobodies

Related Words (20)

kǒng què
  1. 1 peacock
Sūn Yàn zī
  1. 1 Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
Yān
  1. 1 Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning
  2. 2 north Hebei
  3. 3 the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436)
  4. 4 surname Yan
yàn zi
  1. 1 swallow
Què cháo
  1. 1 Nestlé

Idioms (18)

来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
劳燕分飞
láo yàn fēn fēi
  1. 1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
  2. 2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
欢呼雀跃
huān hū què yuè
  1. 1 cheering excitedly (idiom)
  2. 2 jubilant
燕子衔泥垒大窝
yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
  1. 1 the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
  2. 2 many a little makes a mickle
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
  1. 1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?