灰飞烟灭
Traditional form:
灰飛煙滅
Pinyin (reading):
huīfēiyānmiè
Definitions:
- lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
- fig. to be annihilated
- to vanish in a puff of smoke
Characters:
- 灰 - ashes; dust; lime, mortar
- 飞 - to fly, to dart; high
- 烟 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
- 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out
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