燕雀乌鹊 in English yan4 que4 wu1 que4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; metaphorically any Tom, Dick or Harry
  • a bunch of nobodies

Simplified Characters

燕 雀 乌 鹊

Traditional Characters

燕 雀 烏 鵲

Pinyin

yan4 que4 wu1 que4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

燕yan4Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning 雀que4a freckle 乌wu1abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2] 鹊que4magpie