黃鶴樓 huáng hè lóu

Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan; famous poem

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
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Definitions

  1. 1. Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
  2. 2. favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
  3. 3. Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢cuī hào, with theme 'the past will never return'
  4. 4. one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼yuè yáng lóu in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王阁téng wáng gé in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Characters

Character Meaning
黃 huáng
yellow; surname Huang or Hwang; pornographic
鶴 hè
crane
樓 lóu
floor; storied building; house with more than 1 story