雪泥鸿爪 — Chinese idiom
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
Traditional: 雪泥鴻爪
Meaning
- a goose's footprint in the snow
- vestiges of the past
- the fleeting nature of human life
Character by character
- 雪xuěsnow; wipe away shame, avenge
- 泥nímud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 鸿hónga species of wild swan; vast
- 爪zhǎoclaws, nails, talons
Idioms sharing a character
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming
- 报仇雪耻 bào chóu xuě chǐ
- 报仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn
- 欺霜傲雪 qī shuāng ào xuě
- 程门立雪 Chéng mén lì xuě
- 聚萤映雪 jù yíng yìng xuě
- 雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng
- 雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn
- 风花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè
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