檻花籠鶴

简 槛花笼鹤 · 繁 檻花籠鶴
Mandarin · pinyin jiàn huā lóng hè

Meanings

  1. a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
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檻
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花
huā · flower; blossoms
籠
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鶴
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槛
kǎn · threshold, door-sill
笼
lóng · cage; cage-like basket
鹤
hè · crane; Grus species (various)
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4–1–2–4 · jian4 hua1 long2 he4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

haam5 faa1 lung4 hok6

Cantonese word readings for 檻花籠鶴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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haam5 faa1 lung4 hok6

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