Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "鸿" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "鸿" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
hóng
Definition
eastern bean goose / great / large
Feast at Hongmen / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
(fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe
variant of 紅運|红运[hong2 yun4]
variant of 宏圖|宏图[hong2 tu2]
a masterpiece / a masterwork
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land