焚琴煮鹤
Traditional form:
焚琴煮鶴
Pinyin (reading):
fénqínzhǔhè
Definitions:
- lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
- fig. to waste valuable resources
- to destroy wantonly beautiful things
Characters:
- 焚 - to burn
- 琴 - Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument
- 煮 - to boil, to cook
- 鹤 - crane; Grus species (various)
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