乘鹤

乘鶴
chénghè
  1. to fly on a crane
  2. to die

CEDICT

骑着鹤升天。比喻离开尘世而成仙。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 乘 chéng
  1. to ride
  2. to mount
  3. to make use of
  4. to avail oneself of
  5. to take advantage of
  6. to multiply (math.)
  7. Buddhist sect or creed
=1 乘 chéng old variant of 乘 chéng
2 鹤 hè crane

Related entries

跨鹤 kuàhè
  1. to die
  2. to fly on a crane
一命呜呼 yīmìngwūhū
  1. to die (idiom)
  2. to breathe one's last
  3. to give up the ghost
下世 xiàshì
  1. to die
  2. future incarnation
  3. next life
  4. to be born
  5. to come into the world
  6. future generation
丢命 diūmìng to die
亡 wáng
  1. to die
  2. to lose
  3. to be gone
  4. to flee
  5. deceased
从古到今，没有过不灭亡的国家。

There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.

Source: Tatoeba

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