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黄鹤楼 Huáng Lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
仙鹤 xiān red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
丹顶鹤 dān dǐng (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
三脚架 sān jiǎo jià tripod / derrick crane
焚琴煮鹤 fén qín zhǔ lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
赤颈鹤 chì jǐng (bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
风声鹤唳 fēng shēng lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
吊机 diào crane / hoist
驾鹤成仙 jià chéng xiān to fly on a crane and become immortal
崔颢 Cuī Hào Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
鹤立鸡群 qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
岳阳楼 Yuè yáng Lóu Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
俯瞰摄影 kàn shè yǐng crane shot / boom shot (photography)
滕王阁 Téng wáng Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei
白鹤 bái (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
guàn crane / stork
crane
白头鹤 bái tóu (bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
乘鹤 chéng to fly on a crane / to die
沙丘鹤 shā qiū (bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
纸鹤 zhǐ paper crane
起重机 zhòng crane
cry of a crane or wild goose
引领 yǐn lǐng to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
鹍弦 kūn xián pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]


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