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骑鹤上扬州

qí hè shàng Yáng zhōudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom) / to get an official position
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

騎鶴上揚州 骑鹤上扬州 [qi2 he4 shang4 Yang2 zhou1] /lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position/

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Other forms in these source records: 騎鶴上揚州

  • 骑
    jì

    (Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier

    qí

    to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses

  • 鹤
    hè

    crane

  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 扬
    yáng

    to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

    Yáng

    abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yáng zhōu] in Jiangsu / surname Yang

  • 州
    zhōu

    prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.