鶴 hè

crane; Grus species (various)

DEFINITIONS

  • crane
  • Grus species (various)
  • crane

WORDS

一琴一鶴 yī qín yī hè carrying very little luggage (idiom); honest and incorruptible (government officials)
丹頂鶴 dān dǐng hè (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
乘鶴 chéng hè to fly on a crane; to die
仙鶴 xiān hè red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
天鶴座 tiān hè zuò Grus (constellation)
杜荀鶴 dù xún hè Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet
杳如黃鶴 yǎo rú huáng hè to be gone forever (idiom); to disappear without a trace
松鶴遐齡 sōng hè xiá líng longevity
檻花籠鶴 jiàn huā lóng hè a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
沙丘鶴 shā qiū hè (bird species of China) sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
火鶴 huǒ hè flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
火鶴花 huǒ hè huā flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
灰鶴 huī hè (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
焚琴煮鶴 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things
白枕鶴 bái zhěn hè (bird species of China) white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
白頭鶴 bái tóu hè (bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
白鶴 bái hè (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
白鶴拳 bái hè quán Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form
白鶴梁 bái hè liáng White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
白鶴灘 bái hè tān Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan
紙鶴 zhǐ hè paper crane
蓑羽鶴 suō yǔ hè (bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
赤頸鶴 chì jǐng hè (bird species of China) sarus crane (Grus antigone)
跨鶴 kuà hè to die; to fly on a crane
跨鶴揚州 kuà hè yáng zhōu lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou; to become a Daoist immortal; to die
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