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杳如黃鶴

miu5 jyu4 wong4 hok6

yao3 ru2 huang2 he4

disappear like the yellow crane (nowhere to be found)

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

杳如黃鶴

This word was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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杳 miu5 jiu2 niao3 yao3 miao3 - deep; quiet; silent
如 jyu4 ru2 - if, as if, like, equal to
黃 wong4 huang2 - yellow
鶴 hok6 hao2 he4 - [n] crane

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