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[焚琴煮鶴] fénqínzhǔhè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
fig. to waste valuable resources
to destroy wantonly beautiful things

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        fén, to burn
        fénshāo, [焚燒], to burn/to set on fire
        zìfén, self-immolation
        
        fénhuǐ, [焚毀]/[焚燬], to burn down/to destroy with fire, to burn down/to destroy with fire/trad. also ...
        fénhuà, to cremate
        
        fénxiāng, to burn incense
        fénfēng, [焚風], foehn wind (loanword)
        

        gāngqín, [鋼琴], piano/CL:架[jià],臺|台[tái]
        qín, [琹], guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)/musical instrument in general, variant of 琴[...
        xiǎotíqín, fiddle/violin
        tánqín, [彈琴], to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
        dàtíqín, cello/violoncello/CL:把[bǎ]
        gāngqínjiā, [鋼琴家], pianist
        shùqín, [豎琴], harp
        kǒuqín, harmonica
        fēngqín, [風琴], pipe organ (musical instrument)
        zhōngtíqín, viola
        gāngqínshī, [鋼琴師], pianist
        shǒufēngqín, [手風琴], accordion
        xiǎotíqínshǒu, violinist/fiddler
        guǎnfēngqín, [管風琴], organ/pipe organ
        tíqín, instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)/CL:把[bǎ]
        qínxián, string (of a stringed instrument)
        
        mùqín, xylophone
        qínjiàn, [琴鍵], a piano key
        bānzhuóqín, banjo (loanword)
        
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        yángqín, variant of 揚琴|扬琴[yáng qín]
        diànzǐqín, [電子琴], electronic keyboard (music)
        luàntánqín, [亂彈琴], to talk nonsense/to behave like a fool
        Lúnqín, [倫琴], Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer
        
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        ÀiqínHǎi, [愛琴海], Aegean Sea
        
        
        qínshī, [琴師], player of a stringed instrument
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        qīxiánqín, guqin or seven-stringed zither
        
        yángqín, [揚琴], yangqin/dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
        
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        zhǔ, [煑], variant of 煮[zhǔ], to cook/to boil
        zhǔfàn, [煮飯], to cook
        zhǔfèi, to boil

        hè, [鶴], crane
        hèlìjīqún, [鶴立雞群], a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common/manifestly superior
        
        báihè, [白鶴], (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
        xiānhè, [仙鶴], red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
        
        
        zhǐhè, [紙鶴], paper crane
        
        fēngshēnghèlì, [風聲鶴唳], lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)/fig. to panic at the slightest move/...
        
        
        
        dāndǐnghè, [丹頂鶴], (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
        
        huīhè, [灰鶴], (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
        
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