来鸿去燕 in English lai2 hong2 qu4 yan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiomatic expression); metaphorically always on the move

Simplified Characters

来 鸿 去 燕

Traditional Characters

來 鴻 去 燕

Pinyin

lai2 hong2 qu4 yan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

来lai2to come 鸿hong2eastern bean goose 去qu4to go 燕yan4Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning