煮鹤焚琴
zhǔ​hè​fén​qín

to spoil something beautiful

  • created reference approved 煮鹤焚琴/煮鶴焚琴 → 焚琴煮鹤/焚琴煮鶴 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    煮鹤焚琴 / 煮鶴焚琴 zhǔ​hè​fén​qín

    焚琴煮鹤 / 焚琴煮鶴 fén​qín​zhǔ​hè

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 煮鹤焚琴/煮鶴焚琴 · zhǔ​hè​fén​qín · to spoil something beautiful — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    煮鹤焚琴 / 煮鶴焚琴

    zhǔ​hè​fén​qín

    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.

    煮 (literal) → 煮 · zhǔ · to boil 鹤 (literal) → 鹤/鶴 · hè · crane 焚 (literal) → 焚 · fén · to burn 琴 (literal) → 琴 · qín · guqin

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