鸿
hóng
Pinyin

Definition

鸿
 - 
hóng
  1. eastern bean goose
  2. great
  3. large

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

鸿运
hóng yùn
  1. 1 variant of 紅運|红运[hóng yùn]
惊鸿
jīng hóng
  1. 1 graceful (esp. of female posture)
  2. 2 lithe
鸿图
hóng tú
  1. 1 variant of 宏圖|宏图[hóng tú]
鸿沟
hóng gōu
  1. 1 (fig.) gulf
  2. 2 chasm
  3. 3 wide gap
  4. 4 (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉
鸿福
hóng fú
  1. 1 variant of 洪福[hóng fú]
鸿门宴
Hóng mén Yàn
  1. 1 Feast at Hongmen
  2. 2 (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
  3. 3 refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ]
鸿雁
hóng yàn
  1. 1 (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
黄飞鸿
Huáng Fēi hóng
  1. 1 Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. 2 starving people fill the land
崔鸿
Cuī Hóng
  1. 1 Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
徐悲鸿
Xú Bēi hóng
  1. 1 Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
李鸿章
Lǐ Hóng zhāng
  1. 1 Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
波鸿
Bō hóng
  1. 1 Bochum (city in Germany)
辜鸿铭
Gū Hóng míng
  1. 1 Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
鸿
hóng
  1. 1 eastern bean goose
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 large
鸿海
Hóng hǎi
  1. 1 Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
鸿鹄
hóng hú
  1. 1 swan
  2. 2 person with noble aspirations

Idioms (8)

来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. 2 starving people fill the land
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?
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
  1. 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?
轻于鸿毛
qīng yú hóng máo
  1. 1 light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling
  2. 2 unimportant
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
  1. 1 a goose's footprint in the snow
  2. 2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
  3. 3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
鸿毛泰山
hóng máo Tài Shān
  1. 1 lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿毛泰岱
hóng máo tài dài
  1. 1 light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

Sample Sentences

嗨，别难过呀，虽然你一无是处，可是至少你对自己的判断是对的呀！你努力一下也挺好的，你只有努力了，才会发现智商的鸿沟是无法逾越的。
hāi ，bié nánguò ya ，suīrán nǐ yīwúshìchù ，kěshì zhìshǎo nǐ duì zìjǐ de pànduàn shì duì de ya ！nǐ nǔlì yīxià yě tǐng hǎo de ，nǐ zhǐyǒu nǔlì le ，cái huì fāxiàn zhìshāng de hónggōu shì wúfǎ yúyuè de 。
Hey, don't be upset, although you're wrong on every point. At least your judgement of yourself is on the money! It's also good that you're working hard. It's only if you work hard that you'll discover that the IQ gap can't be overcome.
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丽美刚从国外回来，不要对她太严苛。换我，我祝大家鸿运滚滚来，四鸡都发财。
líměi gāng cóng guówài huílai ，bù yào duì tā tài yánkē 。huàn wǒ ，wǒ zhù dàjiā hóngyùn gǔngǔn lái ，sì jī dōu fācái 。
Limei has just come back from overseas, let's not be too hard on her. Now it's my turn. I hope that everyone is overwhelmed with good fortune, and that all four roosters make their fortunes.
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最大的挑战来自互联网领域发展不平衡、治理规则不健全、秩序不合理等问题日益凸显，信息鸿沟不断拉大，网络犯罪、网络攻击、网络恐怖主义活动等成为公害。
zuìdà de tiǎozhàn láizì hùliánwǎng lǐngyù fāzhǎn bùpínghéng 、zhìlǐ guīzé bù jiànquán 、zhìxù bù hélǐ děng wèntí rìyì tūxiǎn ，xìnxī hónggōu bùduàn lā dà ，wǎngluò fànzuì 、wǎngluò gōngjī 、wǎngluò kǒngbùzhǔyì huódòng děng chéngwéi gōnghài 。
The biggest challenge comes from the ever more obvious uneven development, incomplete regulation, and lack of order in the internet sector, the information gap is getting ever wider, cyber crime, cyber attacks and cyber terrorism have become public nuisances.
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这倒也是！那真是一场鸿门宴呐...不过，假如你活在那个世界，你觉得你会比较像哪一个角色呢？
zhè dào yě shì ！nà zhēn shì yī chǎng hóngményàn na ...bùguò ，jiǎrú nǐ huó zài nàge shìjiè ，nǐ juéde nǐ huì bǐjiào xiàng nǎ yī ge juésè ne ？
That's true! That was really like the Feast of Hongmen. Anyway, if you lived in that world, which character do you think you'd be like?
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泰国菜？很贵的。说吧，是不是又要叫我办什么事？鸿门宴我可不去啊。
Tàiguó cài ？hěn guì de 。shuō ba ，shì bu shì yòu yào jiào wǒ bàn shénme shì ？hóngményàn wǒ kě bù qù a 。
Thai food? That's expensive. What, do you want me to do something again? I'm not going to fall for your trap.
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不错啊，和徐悲鸿的原画有几分形似。
bùcuò ā ，hé Xú Bēihóng de yuánhuà yǒu jǐ fēn xíngsì 。
Not bad. It has a few similarities to Xu Beihong's original.
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That's the only reason Macao became a must-win area of competition for the biggest gambling tycoons in the world. In the last few decades, Macao's gambling business was monopolized by Stanley Ho. In recent years, the government has decided to open up the gambling industry. This has made the competition extremely fierce. In this way, the quality of service has also risen. So now, besides the Ho family, two big gambling kings from Las Vegas also have managerial power there.
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