驾鹤西去 — Chinese idiom
驾鹤西去
jià hè xī qù
Traditional: 駕鶴西去
Meaning
- lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise
- fig. to pass away
Character by character
- 驾jiàto drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
- 鹤hècrane; Grus species (various)
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 去qùto go away, to leave, to depart
Idioms sharing a character
- 并驾齐驱 bìng jià qí qū
- 保驾护航 bǎo jià hù háng
- 御驾亲征 yù jià qīn zhēng
- 驾轻就熟 jià qīng jiù shú
- 一琴一鹤 yī qín yī hè
- 杳如黄鹤 yǎo rú huáng hè
- 槛花笼鹤 jiàn huā lóng hè
- 闲云野鹤 xián yún yě hè
- 风声鹤唳 fēng shēng hè lì
- 鹤立鸡群 hè lì jī qún
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