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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		蒼頭燕雀	苍头燕雀	[[cang1tou2 yan4que4]]	/(bird species of China) Eurasian chaffinch; common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)/	785	2
		處堂燕雀	处堂燕雀	[chu4 tang2 yan4 que4]	/lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living/unaware of the disasters ahead/a fool's paradise/	6336	1
		燕雀安知鴻鵠之志	燕雀安知鸿鹄之志	[yan4 que4 an1 zhi1 hong2 hu2 zhi1 zhi4]	/lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)/fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?/	6090	1
		燕雀處堂	燕雀处堂	[yan4 que4 chu4 tang2]	/lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living/unaware of the disasters ahead/a fool's paradise/	6336	1
		燕雀相賀	燕雀相贺	[yan4 que4 xiang4 he4]	/lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom); fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project/congratulations on your new house!/	6336	1
		燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志	燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志	[yan4 que4 yan1 zhi1 hong2 gu3 zhi1 zhi4]	/lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?/	5781	1
		燕雀	燕雀	[[yan4que4]]	/(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)/(fig.) small fry/	953	2

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