鷽鳩笑鵬
xué​jiū​xiào​péng

small minds mocking great ambition

  • created sense approved 鸴鸠笑鹏/鷽鳩笑鵬 · xué​jiū​xiào​péng · small minds mocking great ambition — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸴鸠笑鹏 / 鷽鳩笑鵬

    xué​jiū​xiào​péng

    small minds mocking great ambition

    (idiom, from Zhuangzi) the small dove laughs at the great peng bird; a metaphor for those of narrow vision ridiculing those with great talent or lofty ambitions

    鸴鸠 (literal) → 鸴鸠/鷽鳩 · xué​jiū · sparrow-hawk 笑 (literal) → 笑 · xiào · to ridicule 鹏 (literal) → 鹏/鵬 · péng · roc

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

    created sense