焚琴煮鹤

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

to burn

= + : Frankenstein's monster (f) wanted to cook dinner in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he accidentally set both Christmas trees (林) on fire (火) and eventually the whole camp burns (焚) down.
guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general

= + : 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.
variant of 琴[qin2], guqin or zither

= + : 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.
variant of 煮[zhu3]

= + : The sun king (者) is cooking (煮) giant squid meat (zhu) on a grill (灬) in the space station (Ø3).
to cook / to boil

= + : The sun king (者) is cooking (煮) giant squid meat (zhu) on a grill (灬) in the space station (Ø3).
crane

Words with 焚琴煮鹤

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Sentences with 焚琴煮鹤

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