煮鹤焚琴 zhǔhèfénqín to spoil something beautiful Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 煮鹤焚琴 煮鶴焚琴 zhǔhèfénqín to spoil something beautiful To cook a crane for food and burn a zither for fuel; used to describe destroying or ruining something fine or elegant, or being a complete spoil-sport. Frequency Written text 0.007 per million Cross-References Same as 焚琴煮鹤 fénqínzhǔhè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
煮鹤焚琴 煮鶴焚琴 zhǔhèfénqín to spoil something beautiful To cook a crane for food and burn a zither for fuel; used to describe destroying or ruining something fine or elegant, or being a complete spoil-sport. Frequency Written text 0.007 per million Cross-References Same as 焚琴煮鹤 fénqínzhǔhè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
