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檻花籠鶴

简槛花笼鹤 · 繁檻花籠鶴

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn huā lóng hè

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

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花: huā · flower; blossoms
籠: Look up this written character
鶴: Look up this written character
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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haam5 faa1 lung4 hok6

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

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