乌烟瘴气 — Chinese idiom
乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì
Traditional: 烏煙瘴氣
Meaning
- full of smoke and noxious fumes; (fig.) toxic atmosphere; chaotic environment
Character by character
- 乌wūcrow, rook, raven; black, dark
- 烟yānsmoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
- 瘴zhàngmalaria; miasma, pestilential vapor
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
Idioms sharing a character
- 化为乌有 huà wéi wū yǒu
- 子虚乌有 zǐ xū wū yǒu
- 爱屋及乌 ài wū jí wū
- 东兔西乌 dōng tù xī wū
- 乌七八糟 wū qī bā zāo
- 乌合之众 wū hé zhī zhòng
- 乌鸟私情 wū niǎo sī qíng
- 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān
- 人烟稀少 rén yān xī shǎo
- 人烟稠密 rén yān chóu mì
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