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焚琴煮鹤

fén qín zhǔ lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
fén to burn
  qín guqin 古琴 (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general
  qín variant of , guqin or zither
   zhǔ variant of
   zhǔ to cook / to boil
    crane
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