"smoke and dust" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
烟熏火燎 煙燻火燎 yān xūn huǒ liǎo smoke and baking fire (idiom) / surrounded by flames and smoke
灰飞烟灭 灰飛煙滅 huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke syn
浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm syn
ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
烟雾探测器 煙霧探測器 yān wù tàn cè qì smoke detector / smoke alarm
𠙶 ǒu (name of a mountain) / copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
烟雾弹 煙霧彈 yān wù dàn smoke bomb / smoke grenade
除尘器 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator
wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust
灰霾 huī mái dust haze / dust storm
纤尘 纖塵 xiān chén speck of dust / fine dust syn
bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4]
吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn
如堕烟雾 如墮煙霧 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom) / ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
吞云吐雾 吞雲吐霧 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
峰火台 峰火臺 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)
烽燧 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)
饭后一支烟,赛过活神仙 飯後一支煙,賽過活神仙 fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 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.)
沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust
沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn
卷土重来 卷土重來 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback syn
一尘不染 一塵不染 yī chén bù rǎn untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless syn
望尘莫及 望塵莫及 wàng chén mò jí lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior syn
弹冠相庆 彈冠相慶 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
逸尘断鞅 逸塵斷鞅 yì chén duàn yāng lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)
彗星冰尘实验 彗星冰塵實驗 huì xīng bīng chén shí yàn Cometary Ice and Dust Experiment
抽烟 抽煙 chōu yān to smoke (tobacco) syn
吸烟 吸煙 xī yān to smoke syn
大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
烟雾 煙霧 yān wù smoke / mist / vapor / smog / fumes syn
硝烟 硝煙 xiāo yān smoke (from guns)
缭绕 繚繞 liáo rào (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward / (of a sound) to linger on syn
浓烟 濃煙 nóng yān thick smoke
烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn
烟气 煙氣 yān qì smoke
炊烟 炊煙 chuī yān smoke from kitchen chimneys
一溜烟 一溜煙 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant syn
冒烟 冒煙 mào yān to discharge smoke / to fume with rage syn
云烟 雲煙 yún yān mist / clouds / smoke syn
氤氲 氤氳 yīn yūn (literary) (of smoke, mist) dense / thick syn
烟熏 煙燻 yān xūn smoke / to fumigate
化为乌有 化為烏有 huà wéi wū yǒu to go up in smoke / to vanish syn
烟圈 煙圈 yān quān smoke ring
飞散 飛散 fēi sàn (of smoke) to disperse / to dissipate / (of birds) to fly away in all directions
乌烟瘴气 烏煙瘴氣 wū yān zhàng qì billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil syn
排烟 排煙 pái yān to discharge smoke
狼烟 狼煙 láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces syn
烟瘾 煙癮 yān yǐn the urge to smoke / tobacco addiction
七窍生烟 七竅生煙 qī qiào shēng yān lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger syn
破戒 pò jiè to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
烟幕弹 煙幕彈 yān mù dàn smoke bomb syn
熏制 xūn zhì to smoke / to cure over a fire
thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) 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 syn
silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn
péng fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff syn
strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) syn
xūn fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate
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 syn
suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
yān variant of 煙|烟[yan1] / cigarette / tobacco / smoke
capital (of column) / smoke tree
无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
抽菸 chōu yān variant of 抽煙|抽烟[chou1 yan1] / to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
jiǎo to color by smoke
弥蒙 彌矇 mí méng impenetrable thick fog or smoke
烟霾 煙霾 yān mái smoke / pollution
熏烤 xūn kǎo to smoke / to cure over a wood fire
空穴来风未必无因 空穴來風未必無因 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)
请勿吸烟 請勿吸煙 qǐng wù xī yān No smoking / Please do not smoke
迷魂香 mí hún xiāng a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
二手烟 二手煙 èr shǒu yān second-hand smoke
联合国房地禁烟 smoke-free United Nations premises
熏炉 xūn lú smoke oven
烟载量 smoke loading
发烟榴弹 smoke grenade
霜雾 霜霧 shuāng wù frost smoke
烟染法 煙染法 yān rǎn fǎ smoke stain method
排烟因子 排煙因子 smoke emission factor
烟幕弹药 煙幕彈藥 smoke ammunition
熏干 熏幹 smoke drying
促进实现无烟医院国际网 促進實現無煙醫院國際網 International Networks Towards Smoke-free Hospitals
林格尔曼烟浓度图 林格爾曼煙濃度圖 Ringelmann smoke chart
烟注入 煙註入 smoke injection
发烟罐 發煙罐 smoke canister
烟弹 煙彈 smoke cartridge
倒烟 倒煙 dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋 cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire
飞叶子 飛葉子 fēi yè zi (slang) to smoke pot
化为乌有 化為烏有 huà wéi - wū yǒu (idiom) to go up in smoke / to vanish syn
烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo - yún sàn (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn
硝烟滚滚 硝煙滾滾 xiāo yān gǔn gǔn (idiom) smoke billows from the raging battle
吃烟 吃煙 chī yān (dialect) to smoke (tobacco)
灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust syn
尘埃 塵埃 chén āi dust syn
粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn
尘土 塵土 chén tǔ dust syn
卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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