吞云吐雾

Traditional: 吞雲吐霧

tūn yún tǔ wù

Dictionary entry

to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)

What does 吞云吐雾 mean?

吞云吐雾 (tūn yún tǔ wù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)

2to blow cigarette or opium smoke

Character breakdown

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吞tūnto swallow · to take 云yún(classical) to say 吐tǔto spit · to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)雾wùfog · mist

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