烟消云散

Traditional: 煙消雲散

yān xiāo yún sàn

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear

What does 烟消云散 mean?

烟消云散 (yān xiāo yún sàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear

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烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco · CL:根[gen1]消xiāoto diminish; to subside · to consume; to reduce 云yún(classical) to say 散sànvariant of 散[san4]

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烟消云散

yān xiāo yún sàn

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