"Smoke" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
 xī yān to smoke
 yān wù smoke / mist / vapor / smog / fumes
 xiāo yān smoke (from guns)
 yān qì smoke
 yún yān mist / smoke / cloud
 yān xūn smoke / to fumigate
 xūn zhì to smoke / to cure over a fire
 yān cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
 xūn fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate
 yān variant of 煙|烟[yan1] / cigarette / tobacco / smoke
 chōu yān variant of 抽煙|抽烟[chou1 yan1] / to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
 yān mái smoke / pollution
 xūn kǎo to smoke / to cure over a wood fire
 xiāng yān cigarette / smoke from burning incense / CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
 yān huǒ smoke and fire / fireworks
 nóng yān thick smoke
 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution
 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear
 chuī yān smoke from kitchen chimneys
 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant
 mào yān to discharge smoke / to fume with rage
 yīn yūn dense (of smoke, mist)
 huà wéi wū yǒu to go up in smoke / to vanish
 yān quān smoke ring
 wū yān zhàng qì billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil
 láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces
 yān yǐn the urge to smoke / tobacco addiction
 qī qiào shēng yān lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
 pò jiè to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
 yān mù dàn smoke bomb
 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
 sī silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
 péng fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff
 lu:3 strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
 qiàng to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb
 lú capital (of column) / smoke tree
 huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom) / ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
 jiǎo to color by smoke
 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
 mí méng impenetrable thick fog or smoke
 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
 yān xūn huǒ liǎo smoke and baking fire (idiom) / surrounded by flames and smoke
 kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
 qǐng wù xī yān No smoking / Please do not smoke
 mí hún xiāng a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
 èr shǒu yān second-hand smoke
 yān wù tàn cè qì smoke detector / smoke alarm
 xūn lú smoke oven
  smoke loading
  smoke grenade
 shuāng wù frost smoke
 yān rǎn fǎ smoke stain method
  smoke emission factor
  smoke ammunition
  smoke drying
  Ringelmann smoke chart
  smoke injection
  smoke canister
  smoke cartridge
 dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
 fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
 cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire
𬉼 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
 fēi yè zi (slang) to smoke pot
 Dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
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