焚琴煮鹤

Traditional (Taiwan): 焚琴煮鶴

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fénqínzhǔhè ㄈㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄏㄜˋ

- lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
- fig. to waste valuable resources
- to destroy wantonly beautiful things

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