| 燕雀处堂 |
yàn què chù táng |
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise |
| 燕 |
Yān |
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan |
| 燕 |
yàn |
swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴 |
| 燕 |
yàn |
variant of 燕 |
| 燕雀 |
yàn què |
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry |
| 雀 |
qiāo |
a freckle / lentigo |
| 雀 |
què |
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] |
| 处 |
chǔ |
to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish |
| 处 |
chù |
(bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point |
| 堂 |
táng |
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture |