骑鹤化
qí​hè​huà

to die

  • created sense approved 骑鹤化/騎鶴化 · qí​hè​huà · to die — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑鹤化 / 騎鶴化

    qí​hè​huà

    to die

    (literary) to pass away; used in Daoist contexts to describe death as riding a crane to become an immortal

    骑 (literal) → 骑/騎 · qí · to ride 鹤 (literal) → 鹤/鶴 · hè · crane 化 (bound) → 化 · huà · (bound form) death

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense