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焚琴煮鹤

fén qín zhǔ hè

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
  2. 2. fig. to waste valuable resources
  3. 3. to destroy wantonly beautiful things

Child Words of 焚琴煮鹤

煮
zhǔ

to cook

琴
qín

guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)

焚
fén

to burn

鹤
hè

crane