吞云吐雾 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to swallow clouds and blow out fog
• to blow cigarette or opium smoke

Character by character

• 吞tūnto absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
• 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
• 吐tǔto vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
• 雾wùfog, mist, vapor, fine spray

Idioms sharing a character

• 吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
• 囫囵吞枣 hú lún tūn zǎo
• 忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng
• 狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
• 生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō
• 蚕食鲸吞 cán shí jīng tūn
• 饮恨吞声 yǐn hèn tūn shēng
• 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
• 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
• 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní

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