premature death of a budding talent; those whom the Gods love die young
trad. 蘭摧玉折
Also written 蘭摧玉折【lán cuī yù zhé】
Characters in this word
4兰
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surname Lan, abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
- Pinyin
- Lán
- Traditional
- 蘭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5265 of 2500
摧
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to break, to destroy, to devastate, to ravage, to repress
- Pinyin
- cuī
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 37188 of 2500
玉
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jade
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 12826 of 2500
折
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to snap, to break (a stick, a bone etc), (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
- Pinyin
- shé
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 13237 of 2500