骑鹤
qí hè
Pinyin

Definition

骑鹤
 - 
qí hè
  1. to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
  2. to die

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

骑
jì
  1. 1 (Tw) saddle horse
  2. 2 mounted soldier
骑士
qí shì
  1. 1 horseman
  2. 2 cavalryman
  3. 3 knight (i.e. European nobility)
  4. 4 (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
鹤
hè
  1. 1 crane
坐骑
zuò qí
  1. 1 saddle horse
  2. 2 mount
白鹤
bái hè
  1. 1 (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
纸鹤
zhǐ hè
  1. 1 paper crane
骑兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 cavalry
骑楼
qí lóu
  1. 1 arcade (architecture)
骑行
qí xíng
  1. 1 to ride (a bicycle, horse, motorbike etc)
  2. 2 cycling
  3. 3 horseback riding
  4. 4 motorbike riding
  5. 5 a ride
  6. 6 CL:次[cì]
骑车
qí chē
  1. 1 to cycle
骑马
qí mǎ
  1. 1 to ride a horse
鹤山
Hè shān
  1. 1 Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[Hè bì shì], Henan
  2. 2 Heshan county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
鹤岗
Hè gǎng
  1. 1 Hegang prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China
鹤立鸡群
hè lì jī qún
  1. 1 a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
  2. 2 manifestly superior
黄鹤楼
Huáng hè Lóu
  1. 1 Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
  2. 2 favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
  3. 3 Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cuī Hào], with theme 'the past will never return'
  4. 4 one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yuè yáng Lóu] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Téng wáng Gé] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
丹顶鹤
dān dǐng hè
  1. 1 (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
仙鹤
xiān hè
  1. 1 red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
势成骑虎
shì chéng qí hǔ
  1. 1 if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
火鹤
huǒ hè
  1. 1 flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
轻骑
qīng qí
  1. 1 light cavalry
  2. 2 light motorcycle
  3. 3 moped

Idioms (11)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
势成骑虎
shì chéng qí hǔ
  1. 1 if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
杳如黄鹤
yǎo rú huáng hè
  1. 1 to be gone forever (idiom)
  2. 2 to disappear without a trace
槛花笼鹤
jiàn huā lóng hè
  1. 1 a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
风声鹤唳
fēng shēng hè lì
  1. 1 lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to panic at the slightest move
  3. 3 to be jittery
香轮宝骑
xiāng lún bǎo qí
  1. 1 magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
  2. 2 ostentatious display of luxury
驾鹤西去
jià hè xī qù
  1. 1 lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise
  2. 2 fig. to pass away (idiom)
骑虎难下
qí hǔ nán xià
  1. 1 if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
骑驴找驴
qí lu:2 zhǎo lu:2
  1. 1 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to look for what one already has
骑鹤上扬州
qí hè shàng Yáng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
鹤立鸡群
hè lì jī qún
  1. 1 a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
  2. 2 manifestly superior

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