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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 [ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄢ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄓ ㄓˋ; yan4 que4 an1 zhi1 hong2 hu2 zhi1 zhi4]
 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
 fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
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