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to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鶴* | 鶴* | *鶴
crane
to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
crane
hoist / crane / elevator
tripod / derrick crane
gantry traveling crane
Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
to fly on a crane / to die
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸛* | 鸛* | *鸛
crane / stork
to die / to fly on a crane
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唳* | 唳* | *唳
cry of a crane or wild goose
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘹* | 嘹* | *嘹
clear sound / cry (of cranes etc)
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *竦* | 竦* | *竦
respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
tower crane
pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡
waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
bird mentioned in ancient texts, resembling a crane
paper crane
Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form
crane / hoist
a tower crane
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
to transport by crane / to convey
(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
(bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise / fig. to pass away (idiom)
crane shot / boom shot (photography)
a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
(bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou / to become a Daoist immortal / to die
to fly on a crane and become immortal
to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position


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