huī fēi yān miè

Traditional: 灰飛煙滅

灰飞烟灭 (huī fēi yān miè) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3to vanish in a puff of smoke

Characters in 灰飞烟灭

灰huī · ash飞fēi · to fly烟yān · cigarette or pipe tobacco灭miè · to extinguish or put out

Related words

飞机airplane飞to fly烟cigarette or pipe tobacco烟tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])飞行(of planes etc) to fly毁灭to perish抽烟to smoke (tobacco)抽烟variant of 抽菸|抽烟[chou1 yan1]飞船spaceship消灭to put an end to起飞(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off灰ash

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