来鸿去燕
lái​hóng​qù​yàn

always on the move

  • created sense approved 来鸿去燕/來鴻去燕 · lái​hóng​qù​yàn · always on the move — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    来鸿去燕 / 來鴻去燕

    lái​hóng​qù​yàn

    always on the move

    literally "the goose comes and the swallow goes"; used to describe people who are constantly traveling or whose paths cross only briefly

    来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 鸿 (literal) → 鸿/鴻 · hóng · swan goose 去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to go 燕 (literal) → 燕 · yàn · swallow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense