焚琴煮鹤
fén qín zhǔ hè
Pinyin

Definition

焚琴煮鹤
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fén qín zhǔ hè
  1. lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
  2. fig. to waste valuable resources
  3. to destroy wantonly beautiful things

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

煮
zhǔ
  1. 1 variant of 煮[zhǔ]
钢琴
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 CL:架[jià],臺|台[tái]
口琴
kǒu qín
  1. 1 harmonica
古琴
gǔ qín
  1. 1 guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
大提琴
dà tí qín
  1. 1 cello
  2. 2 violoncello
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
小提琴
xiǎo tí qín
  1. 1 fiddle
  2. 2 violin
弹琴
tán qín
  1. 1 to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
爱琴海
Ài qín Hǎi
  1. 1 Aegean Sea
提琴
tí qín
  1. 1 instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
焚烧
fén shāo
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to set on fire
焚香
fén xiāng
  1. 1 to burn incense
煮沸
zhǔ fèi
  1. 1 to boil
煮熟
zhǔ shóu
  1. 1 to boil thoroughly
  2. 2 to cook thoroughly
煮蛋
zhǔ dàn
  1. 1 boiled egg
煮开
zhǔ kāi
  1. 1 to boil (food)
煮饭
zhǔ fàn
  1. 1 to cook
玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén
  1. 1 to burn both jade and common stone
  2. 2 to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
琴
qín
  1. 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2 musical instrument in general
琴弦
qín xián
  1. 1 string (of a stringed instrument)
琴棋书画
qín qí shū huà
  1. 1 the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)
  2. 2 the accomplishments of a well-educated person

Idioms (14)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
焚砚
fén yàn
  1. 1 to destroy one's ink-slab
  2. 2 to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
焚膏继晷
fén gāo jì guǐ
  1. 1 to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
煮豆燃萁
zhǔ dòu rán qí
  1. 1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén
  1. 1 to burn both jade and common stone
  2. 2 to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
  1. 1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. 2 to get one's fingers burnt
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn
  1. 1 lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn
  1. 1 lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兰艾同焚
lán ài tóng fén
  1. 1 lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
  2. 2 the rain falls on the just and unjust alike

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