📖 Meaning
A metaphor for a handsome, brilliant youth of outstanding promise. 驹 means a young horse and 雏 means a young bird. It is commonly used as a complimentary remark praising a young person's exceptional talent and bright future.
📜 Origin Story
From the 'Book of Jin, Biography of Lu Yun' (《晋书·陆云传》). Lu Yun, style name Shilong, could compose essays at age six and was known for his upright character and sharp reasoning. Though his prose was said to be inferior to his elder brother Lu Ji's, his argumentation surpassed it, and together they were called the 'Two Lus.' When Lu Yun was young, Min Hong, a minister of Wu, saw him and marveled, saying, 'This child, if not a dragon foal, must be a phoenix chick.'
💡 Example Usage
这孩子自幼聪慧过人，众人皆赞其为龙驹凤雏。
This child has been extraordinarily bright from a young age, and everyone praises him as a dragon foal and phoenix chick—a youth of exceptional promise.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 龙驹凤雏
- Pinyin: lóng jū fèng chú
- Literal Translation: dragon, foal, phoenix, chick
- Category: Quality
- Characters: 4