lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
trad. 灰飛煙滅
Also written 灰飛煙滅【huī fēi yān miè】
Characters in this word
4灰
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ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged; dejected
- Pinyin
- huī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 8206 of 2500
飞
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to fly
- Pinyin
- fēi
- Traditional
- 飛
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1437 of 2500
烟
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cigarette or pipe tobacco, CL:根[gen1], smoke, mist, vapour, CL:縷|缕[lu:3], tobacco plant, (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- Pinyin
- yān
- Traditional
- 煙
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2997 of 2500
灭
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to extinguish or put out, to go out (of a fire etc), to exterminate or wipe out, to drown
- Pinyin
- miè
- Traditional
- 滅
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9910 of 2500