狼烟四起

Traditional form:

狼煙四起

Pinyin (reading):

lángyānsìqǐ

Definitions:

• fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

Characters:

• 狼 - wolf
• 烟 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 四 - four
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 狼 - wolf
• 煙 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 四 - four
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up