黄鹤楼
Huáng hè Lóu
Pinyin

Definition

黄鹤楼
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Huáng hè Lóu
  1. Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
  2. favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
  3. Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cuī Hào], with theme 'the past will never return'
  4. one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yuè yáng Lóu] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Téng wáng Gé] in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Lóu
  1. 1 surname Lou
lóu shàng
  1. 1 upstairs
lóu xià
  1. 1 downstairs
lóu tī
  1. 1 stair
  2. 2 staircase
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
Hóng lóu Mèng
  1. 1 A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cáo Xuě qín], one of the four great novels
háng zhàn lóu
  1. 1 airport terminal
  1. 1 crane
Huáng
  1. 1 surname Huang or Hwang
huáng hūn
  1. 1 dusk
  2. 2 evening
  3. 3 nightfall
huáng niú
  1. 1 ox
  2. 2 cattle
  3. 3 scalper of tickets etc
  4. 4 to fail to show up
  5. 5 to break a promise
huáng guā
  1. 1 cucumber
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
huáng sè
  1. 1 yellow (color)
  2. 2 pornographic
huáng jīn
  1. 1 gold
  2. 2 golden (opportunity)
  3. 3 prime (time)
shàng lóu
  1. 1 to go upstairs
zhǔ lóu
  1. 1 main building
Wǔ jiǎo Dà lóu
  1. 1 the Pentagon
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
hòu jī lóu
  1. 1 airport terminal
wēi lóu
  1. 1 dangerous housing
  2. 2 building that is about to collapse
tǔ lóu
  1. 1 traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine

Idioms (20)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
妄下雌黄
wàng xià cí huáng
  1. 1 to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom)
  2. 2 to make irresponsible criticism
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
明日黄花
míng rì huáng huā
  1. 1 lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. outdated
  3. 3 thing of the past
  4. 4 dead letter
杳如黄鹤
yǎo rú huáng hè
  1. 1 to be gone forever (idiom)
  2. 2 to disappear without a trace
槛花笼鹤
jiàn huā lóng hè
  1. 1 a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
牝牡骊黄
pìn mǔ lí huáng
  1. 1 a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
琼楼玉宇
qióng lóu yù yǔ
  1. 1 bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
白旄黄钺
bái máo huáng yuè
  1. 1 white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
  1. 1 pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
  2. 2 castles in Spain
  3. 3 imaginary future plans
万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ
  1. 1 towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 great oaks from little acorns grow
螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后
táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu
  1. 1 the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
  1. 1 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor

Sample Sentences

为了防止疫情反弹,武汉建立了疫情防控长效机制。“解封”首日,在黄鹤楼脚下的西城壕社区,不停忙碌的社区书记翁文静说:“我们是‘无疫情社区’,但依然主张非必要不出门。”
wèile fángzhǐ yìqíng fǎntán ,Wǔhàn jiànlì le yìqíng fángkòng chángxiào jīzhì 。“jiěfēng ”shǒu rì ,zài Huánghèlóu jiǎoxià de xīchéngháo shèqū ,bùtíng mánglù de shèqū shūji wēngwénjìng shuō :“wǒmen shì ‘wú yìqíng shèqū ’,dàn yīrán zhǔzhāng fēi bìyào bù chūmén 。”
In order to prevent the pandemic from rebounding, Wuhan has set up a long-term mechanism for preventing and controlling the pandemic. The first day of "unlockdown", in the Xichenghao Community under Huanghelou, the community secretary Wong Wen Jing who has been working non-stop said, "We are the 'zero virus community', but still please do not go out if not necessary. "
故人西辞黄鹤楼,
gùrén xī cí Huánghèlóu ,