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a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
HSK 7-9
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crane
Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan / Heshan, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
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
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
Heshan, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
to fly on a crane / to die
Hebi, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
Hegang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan
Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
to die / to fly on a crane
pickax
to be gone forever (idiom) / to disappear without a trace
Hefeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
Hefeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
carrying very little luggage (idiom) / honest and incorruptible (government officials)
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
Grus (constellation)
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
an official's emolument
to die
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
paper crane
Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet
(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
(bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江 at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan
lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise / fig. to pass away (idiom)
Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
(bird species of China) spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
longevity
a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
(bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou / to become a Daoist immortal / to die
to fly on a crane and become immortal
to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
(Daoism) to die


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