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燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや
【えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや】

[exp] [proverb]
▶ only a hero can understand a hero
▶ [lit] swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2042230 燕雀鴻鵠 1. how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero

History:

3.	A 2020-04-01 01:54:27 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	This clearly can't be a 四字熟語.
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="2042230">燕雀鴻鵠</xref> @@ -13 +13,0 @@ -<misc>&yoji;</misc>
2.	A 2018-02-06 22:39:42 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2018-02-06 08:45:15 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	enwiktionary daij chujiten saito similar to the yoji 燕雀鴻鵠

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