







鸿泥雪爪 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to traces or ephemeral marks left by past events or transient experiences, like footprints of a wild goose in mud or snow”. Literally, “wild goose's mud and snow footprints”.

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Open the tool →鸿泥雪爪 (hóng ní xuě zhǎo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to traces or ephemeral marks left by past events or transient experiences, like footprints of a wild goose in mud or snow”.
鸿泥雪爪 is pronounced hóng ní xuě zhǎo in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 鸿泥雪爪 means “wild goose's mud and snow footprints”. It is used to mean “refers to traces or ephemeral marks left by past events or transient experiences, like footprints of a wild goose in mud or snow”.
比喻往事留下的痕迹。同“鸿爪雪泥”。