The sound of cranes and apes

The sound of cranes and apes

The sound of crane and ape is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is h è L ì Yu á NSH ē ng, which means a scene of desolation. It comes from Mei Dingzuo's Yu He Ji di - negative in Ming Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

[entry] the sound of crane and ape [Pinyin] h è L ì Yu á NSH ē ng.

Idioms and allusions

Mei Dingzuo of the Ming Dynasty wrote in yuheji · yini: "I got rid of the disease of huamo wine in the early days. I was used to hearing the sound of crane and ape, and kept the clear night medicine Cuan Dan Ding."

Discrimination of words

[degree of common use] General [emotional color] commendatory word [grammatical usage] as object and attribute; used in written language [idiom structure] combination [generation time] ancient times