hóng​yàn​chuán​shū

to send a letter

鸿雁传书 鴻雁傳書 hóng​yàn​chuán​shū
to send a letter
To send a letter from afar; to correspond with someone. This idiom refers to a legend about a wild goose carrying a message tied to its leg while the envoy 苏武 sū​wǔ was held captive by the 匈奴 xiōng​nú.

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0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.071 per million

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