不食人间烟火
Traditional form:
不食人間煙火
Pinyin (reading):
bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ
Definitions:
- lit. not eating the food of common mortals
- fig. placing oneself above the common populace
Characters:
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 食 - food; to eat
- 人 - man, person; people
- 间 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
- 烟 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
- 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
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