骑鹤上扬州

qí hè shàng yáng zhōu

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1. lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

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Child Words of 骑鹤上扬州

• 州 州 zhōu: prefecture
• 扬 扬 yáng: to raise
• 骑 骑 qí: to sit astride
• 上扬 上扬 shàng yáng: (of prices etc) to rise
• 扬州 扬州 yáng zhōu: Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
• 骑鹤 骑鹤 qí hè: to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
• 鹤 鹤 hè: crane
• 上 上 shàng: on top