鹤

crane

(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)

to be gone forever (idiom) / to disappear without a trace

longevity

a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner

(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)

flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)

flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things

(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Grus vipio)

(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)

Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form

White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings

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

carrying very little luggage (idiom) / honest and incorruptible (government officials)

to fly on a crane / to die

Grus (constellation)

Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet