







鸿爪春泥 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Traces or memories of past events, experiences, or friendships that are transient and hard to fully retain; fleeting imprints of the past”. Literally, “Swan's prints in spring mud”.

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Open the tool →鸿爪春泥 (hóng zhǎo chūn ní) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Traces or memories of past events, experiences, or friendships that are transient and hard to fully retain; fleeting imprints of the past”.
鸿爪春泥 is pronounced hóng zhǎo chūn ní in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 鸿爪春泥 means “Swan's prints in spring mud”. It is used to mean “Traces or memories of past events, experiences, or friendships that are transient and hard to fully retain; fleeting imprints of the past”.
比喻往事留下的痕迹。同“鸿爪雪泥”。