雪泥鴻爪xuě ní hóng zhǎoa swan’s footprints found on snow and mud-traces (/vestiges) of past events
? ～，惟留一幅悲愴之影于吾漢族歷史之中，良可慨也。(陶曾佑《中國文學之概觀》) Such traces of past events had only a mournful reflection in the history of the Chinese nation. What a pity! 雪泥鴻爪xuě ní hónɡ zhǎo鴻雁在雪上踏過留下了爪印。比喻往事留下的痕跡。human life likened to the life of birds of passage |