云消雾散 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• the clouds melt and the mists disperse
• to clear up
• to vanish into thin air

Character by character

• 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
• 消xiāonews, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
• 雾wùfog, mist, vapor, fine spray
• 散sànto scatter, to disperse, to break up

Idioms sharing a character

• 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
• 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
• 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní
• 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
• 吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù
• 堕云雾中 duò yún wù zhōng
• 拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì
• 朱云折槛 zhū yún zhé jiàn
• 波谲云诡 bō jué yún guǐ
• 浮云朝露 fú yún zhāo lù

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