雪泥鸿爪

xuěníhóngzhǎo

marks left by goose claws in the snow—traces of past events

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xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3

a goose's footprint in the snow, vestiges of the past (idiom), the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

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雪泥鸿爪

xuě ní hóng zhǎo

A swan's footprints found on snow and mud -- constant departure and reunion of friends; human life likened to the life of birds of passage; the vestiges of past events

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雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪 [xuě ní hóng zhǎo] ► a goose's footprint in the snow ► vestiges of the past (idiom) ► the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)