黄
鹤
楼
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The word 黄鹤楼 is formed by sequentially combining the characters 黄 (yellow), 鹤 (crane), and 楼 (tower), where 黄 modifies 鹤 to form "yellow crane", which in turn modifies 楼 to specify the tower, resulting in the literal meaning "Yellow Crane Tower".
Word Definition - 黄鹤楼
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[cuī hào], with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[yuè yáng lóu] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[téng wáng gé] in Nanchang, Jiangxi