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煮鶴焚琴
  zyu2 hok6 fan4 kam4   jyutping
  zhu3 he4 fen2 qin2   pinyin
destroy sth fine or valuable; pay no respect for sth elegant; do sth baffling/embarrassing; spoil the fun
[literal] burn down the musical instrument to cook the crane


Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
煮鶴焚琴

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Characters in this word:

 zyu2  -  cook
 hok6  -  crane
 fan4  -  burn
 kam4  -  qin (musical instrument), musical instrument
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