cook the crane for meat and burn a stringed instrument for fuel -- destroy sth. valuable or fine

cook the crane for meat and burn a stringed instrument for fuel -- destroy sth. valuable or fine

Zhuoheshaoqin, a Chinese idiom, is written in pinyin, which means to refer to the killing of beautiful things. It comes from Xuyi wall.

The origin of Idioms

Wei Pengyi of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem about Xuyi wall: "since cooking the crane and burning the Qin, the moon is shining on the green hill."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences. The snow on the pavilion is melting, and the crane is cooking and the Qin is cooking. Kong Shangren's Peach Blossom Fan: scolding banquet in Qing Dynasty