灰飞烟灭 — Chinese idiom
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
Traditional: 灰飛煙滅
Meaning
- lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke
- fig. to be annihilated
- to vanish in a puff of smoke
Character by character
- 灰huīashes; dust; lime, mortar
- 飞fēito fly, to dart; high
- 烟yānsmoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
- 灭mièto extinguish; to wipe out
Idioms sharing a character
- 吹灰之力 chuī huī zhī lì
- 死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán
- 灰不溜丢 huī bu liū diū
- 灰头土脸 huī tóu tǔ liǎn
- 万念俱灰 wàn niàn jù huī
- 面如灰土 miàn rú huī tǔ
- 劳燕分飞 láo yàn fēn fēi
- 展翅高飞 zhǎn chì gāo fēi
- 战火纷飞 zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
- 插翅难飞 chā chì nán fēi
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