Looking at Yangzhou by crane(qí hè wàng yáng zhōu)

Looking at Yangzhou by crane

It refers to the desire to be an official, rich and immortal, or to greed and delusion. The same as "riding crane to Yangzhou".

Idiom explanation

Explanation: the same as "riding crane to Yangzhou".

Idioms and allusions

[source]: in Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Yu's He Li Zi Wei Cun Ju: "seeking fame and wealth, riding crane and looking at Yangzhou."

Discrimination of words

Synonym: riding crane to Yangzhou, riding crane to Weiyang

Usage: used as object and attributive; used of people's delusion and greed

Chinese PinYin : qí hè wàng yáng zhōu