焚琴煮鹤

焚
焚
琴
琴
煮
煮
鹤
鶴
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things

Characters and words in 焚琴煮鹤

焚
fén = f + (e)n2
to burn
琴
qín = qi + (e)n2
guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general
琴 = 今 + 玨 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is playing her guqin (琴) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She wants to play the music from 200 years ago, so she got a big calendar (今) which shows today's date 200 years ago. On the corresponding calendar page is an image of a 200 year old jewel necklace (玨) which inspires the Queen's music.
琴
琹
qín = qi + (e)n2
variant of 琴[qin2], guqin or zither
琴 = 今 + 玨 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is playing her guqin (琴) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She wants to play the music from 200 years ago, so she got a big calendar (今) which shows today's date 200 years ago. On the corresponding calendar page is an image of a 200 year old jewel necklace (玨) which inspires the Queen's music.
煮
煑
zhǔ = zhu + Ø3
variant of 煮[zhu3]
煮 = 灬 + 者 : The sun king (者) is cooking (煮) giant squid meat (zhu) on a grill (灬) in the space station (Ø3).
煮
zhǔ = zhu + Ø3
to cook / to boil
煮 = 灬 + 者 : The sun king (者) is cooking (煮) giant squid meat (zhu) on a grill (灬) in the space station (Ø3).
鹤
鶴
hè = h + e4
crane

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