不食人间烟火

Traditional: 不食人間煙火

bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ

Dictionary entry

otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life

What does 不食人间烟火 mean?

不食人间烟火 (bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-食shíto eat · food 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]间jiānbetween · among 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco · CL:根[gen1]火Huǒsurname Huo

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不食人间烟火

bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ

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