灰鹤

冠鹤 guànhè

crowned crane (Balearica sp.) / East African or black crowned crane

此地空余黄鹤楼 cǐdìkōngyúhuánghèlóu

in this place only the Yellow Crane Tower remains, empty / (fig.) the mythic immortal has flown; only the earthly monument is left behind / (lit.) this-place empty-leave-behind Yellow Crane Tower

晴空一鹤排云上 qíngkōngyīhèpáiyúnshàng

a crane climbs through the clouds in clear sky / Liu Yuxi's image of autumn spirit — a single crane rising pushes the poet's mood upward with it

昔人已乘黄鹤去 xīrényǐchénghuánghèqù

the ancients have already ridden the yellow crane away / (fig.) the person of the past is long gone, only the site remains / (lit.) the former person already mounted the yellow crane and departed

黄鹤一去不复返 huánghèyīqùbùfùfǎn

the yellow crane, once gone, has never returned / what is lost to time will never come back

灰 huī HSK 7 #3,279

ash; dust / gray (color) / discouraged; disheartened

仙鹤 xiānhè HSK 7 #37,209

red-crowned crane / immortal crane (symbol of longevity)

灰色 huīsè HSK 5 #5,857

gray (color) / gloomy; bleak; pessimistic / ambiguous; in a gray area

白鹤 báihè #32,976

Siberian crane / white crane

松鹤楼 sōnghèlóu

Songhelou Restaurant (1757, Suzhou) / "Pine and Crane Tower" (literal reading; a classic Suzhou eatery)