In the northern darkness there is a fish, and its name is Kun.
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鲲 is not used alone in everyday Chinese. It is the giant fish of 庄子 that transforms into the 鹏 bird, and survives mainly in the literary pair 鲲鹏, a symbol of vast ambition.
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Literary and allusive; seen in classical philosophy and in names, not in everyday speech.
