烟熏火燎

Traditional form:

煙燻火燎

Pinyin (reading):

yānxūnhuǒliǎo

Definitions:

• smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke

Characters:

• 烟 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 熏 - to smoke, to cure meat; vapor, smoke, fog
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 燎 - to burn, to light; street lamp; signal fire

Traditional characters:

• 煙 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 燻 - smoke, scent; to smoke, to cure
• 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 燎 - to burn, to light; street lamp; signal fire