来鸿去燕

Traditional: 來鴻去燕

lái hóng qù yàn

Dictionary entry

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

What does 来鸿去燕 mean?

来鸿去燕 (lái hóng qù yàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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来láito come · (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)鸿hóngeastern bean goose · great 去qùto go · to go to (a place)燕YānYan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning · north Hebei

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