"燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや" meaning in Japanese

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Proverb

Forms: 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや [canonical] (ruby: (えん), (じゃく), (いずく), (こう), (こく), (こころざし), ()), enjaku izukunzo kōkoku no kokorozashi o shiran'ya [romanization]
Etymology: From the 史記 (Shiki, “Records of the Grand Historian”). Calque of Literary Chinese 燕雀安知鴻鵠志 (yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhì, literally “[[[small]] birds such as] swallows and sparrows cannot understand the aspirations of [[[large]] birds such as] swans”). Etymology templates: {{calque|ja|lzh|燕雀安知鴻鵠志|lit=[[􂀿small]] birds such as􂁀 swallows and sparrows cannot understand the aspirations of [[􂀿large]] birds such as􂁀 swans}} Calque of Literary Chinese 燕雀安知鴻鵠志 (yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhì, literally “[[[small]] birds such as] swallows and sparrows cannot understand the aspirations of [[[large]] birds such as] swans”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|えんじゃく いずくんぞ こうこく の こころざし を しらんや|head=燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや}} 燕(えん)雀(じゃく)安(いずく)んぞ鴻(こう)鵠(こく)の志(こころざし)を知(し)らんや • (enjaku izukunzo kōkoku no kokorozashi o shiran'ya)
  1. an ordinary person cannot understand the ambitions of a great man Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Daijisen, Records of the Grand Historian, ja:松村明 Derived forms: 鴻鵠の志 (kōkoku no kokorozashi) (ruby: 鴻鵠(こうこく), (こころざし))
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