焚琴煮鹤

Traditional: 焚琴煮鶴

fén qín zhǔ hè

Dictionary entry

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes

What does 焚琴煮鹤 mean?

焚琴煮鹤 (fén qín zhǔ hè) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes

2fig. to waste valuable resources

3to destroy wantonly beautiful things

Character breakdown

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焚fénto burn 琴qínguqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither) · musical instrument in general 煮zhǔvariant of 煮[zhu3]鹤hècrane

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焚琴煮鹤

fén qín zhǔ hè

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