飞鸿雪爪

飞鸿雪爪
fēihóngxuězhǎo

a goose's footprint in the snow

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    a goose's footprint in the snow(inherited)

    • Footprints of wild geese in snowy mud, the past like fading smoke.

  2. noun

    vestiges of the past (idiom)(inherited)

    • These photographs are traces of the past.

  3. noun

    the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)(inherited)

    • Life is like the fleeting traces of a bird's claw in snow, disappearing in an instant.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (bird flying; wings spread (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

Draw a picture of a bird spreading its wings and flying up into the sky.

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