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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 焚琴煮鶴 [ㄈㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄏㄜˋ; fen2 qin2 zhu3 he4]
 lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
 fig. to waste valuable resources
 to destroy wantonly beautiful things
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