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松鶴延年
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the pine and crane delays the years (pine tree and crane are symbol of longevity), idiom often used in greetings or well-wishes to express longevity. Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1992 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 13th Sep 2007 16:06 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:松 cung4 - pine tree, fir tree鶴 hok6 - crane 延 jin4 - prolong; delay; engage 年 nin4 - year |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).