1 variant: 红运 hóng yùn

1 Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

1 graceful (esp. of female posture)

2 lithe

1 variant: 宏图 hóng tú

1 (fig.) gulf

2 chasm

3 wide gap

4 (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉

1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

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

2 to fail utterly in trying to copy something

3 to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims

2 starving people fill the land

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

2 fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

1 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?