lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
trad. 騎鶴上揚州
Also written 騎鶴上揚州【qí hè shàng Yáng zhōu】
Characters in this word
5骑
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(Tw) saddle horse, mounted soldier
- Pinyin
- jì
- Traditional
- 騎
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2736 of 2500
鹤
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crane
- Pinyin
- hè
- Traditional
- 鶴
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 22753 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
扬
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abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu, surname Yang
- Pinyin
- Yáng
- Traditional
- 揚
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 23845 of 2500
州
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prefecture, (old) province, (old) administrative division, state (e.g. of US), oblast (Russia), canton (Switzerland)
- Pinyin
- zhōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2820 of 2500