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red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
HSK 7-9
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
tripod / derrick crane
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
(bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
crane / hoist
to fly on a crane and become immortal
Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
crane shot / boom shot (photography)
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹳* | 鹳* | *鹳
crane / stork
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹤* | 鹤* | *鹤
crane
(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
to fly on a crane / to die
(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
paper crane
crane
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唳* | 唳* | *唳
cry of a crane or wild goose
pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡
tower crane
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise / fig. to pass away (idiom)
(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
to transport by crane / to convey
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *竦* | 竦* | *竦
respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane
a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form
to die / to fly on a crane
hoist / crane / elevator
waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
gantry traveling crane
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou / to become a Daoist immortal / to die
to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
a tower crane
(bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
bird mentioned in ancient texts, resembling a crane


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