烽烟四起 — Chinese idiom
烽烟四起
fēng yān sì qǐ
Traditional: 烽煙四起
Meaning
- lit. fire beacons in all four directions ; the confusion of war
Character by character
- 烽fēngbeacon, signal fire
- 烟yānsmoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
- 四sìfour
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
Idioms sharing a character
- 烽火四起 fēng huǒ sì qǐ
- 烽烟遍地 fēng yān biàn dì
- 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān
- 人烟稀少 rén yān xī shǎo
- 人烟稠密 rén yān chóu mì
- 如堕烟雾 rú duò yān wù
- 柳烟花雾 liǔ yān huā wù
- 浩如烟海 hào rú yān hǎi
- 渺无人烟 miǎo wú rén yān
- 灰飞烟灭 huī fēi yān miè
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