(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
trad. 煙消雲散
Also written 煙消雲散【yān xiāo yún sàn】
Characters in this word
4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
消
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to diminish; to subside, to consume; to reduce, to idle away (the time), (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16244 of 2500
云
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(classical) to say
- Pinyin
- yún
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7285 of 2500
散
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variant of 散[san4]
- Pinyin
- sàn
- Traditional
- 㪚
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 6920 of 2500