来鸿去燕

Traditional form:

來鴻去燕

Pinyin (reading):

láihóngqùyàn

Definitions:

• lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

Characters:

• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 鸿 - a species of wild swan; vast
• 去 - to go away, to leave, to depart
• 燕 - lovebird, swallow

Traditional characters:

• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 鴻 - a species of wild swan; vast
• 去 - to go away, to leave, to depart
• 燕 - lovebird, swallow