"Smoke" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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抽烟 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
吸烟 xī yān to smoke
烟雾 yān wù smoke / mist / vapor / smog / fumes
硝烟 xiāo yān smoke (from guns)
烟气 yān qì smoke
云烟 yún yān mist / smoke / cloud
烟熏 yān xūn smoke / to fumigate
熏制 xūn zhì to smoke / to cure over a fire
烟 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
熏 xūn fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate
菸 yān variant of 煙|烟[yan1] / cigarette / tobacco / smoke
抽菸 chōu yān variant of 抽煙|抽烟[chou1 yan1] / to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
烟霾 yān mái smoke / pollution
熏烤 xūn kǎo to smoke / to cure over a wood fire
香烟 xiāng yān cigarette / smoke from burning incense / CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
烟火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / fireworks
浓烟 nóng yān thick smoke
烟尘 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution
烟消云散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear
炊烟 chuī yān smoke from kitchen chimneys
一溜烟 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant
冒烟 mào yān to discharge smoke / to fume with rage
氤氲 yīn yūn dense (of smoke, mist)
化为乌有 huà wéi wū yǒu to go up in smoke / to vanish
烟圈 yān quān smoke ring
乌烟瘴气 wū yān zhàng qì billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil
狼烟 láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces
烟瘾 yān yǐn the urge to smoke / tobacco addiction
七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
破戒 pò jiè to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
烟幕弹 yān mù dàn smoke bomb
股 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
丝 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
蓬 péng fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff
缕 lu:3 strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
呛 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
栌 lú capital (of column) / smoke tree
灰飞烟灭 huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
如堕烟雾 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom) / ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
无风不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
煍 jiǎo to color by smoke
熰 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
峰火台 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)
弥蒙 mí méng impenetrable thick fog or smoke
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)
烟熏火燎 yān xūn huǒ liǎo smoke and baking fire (idiom) / surrounded by flames and smoke
空穴来风未必无因 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 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 èr shǒu yān second-hand smoke
烟雾探测器 yān wù tàn cè qì smoke detector / smoke alarm
熏炉 xūn lú smoke oven
烟载量  smoke loading
发烟榴弹  smoke grenade
霜雾 shuāng wù frost smoke
烟染法 yān rǎn fǎ smoke stain method
排烟因子  smoke emission factor
烟幕弹药  smoke ammunition
熏干  smoke drying
林格尔曼烟浓度图  Ringelmann smoke chart
烟注入  smoke injection
发烟罐  smoke canister
烟弹  smoke cartridge
倒烟 dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙 fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 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
飞叶子 fēi yè zi (slang) to smoke pot
蛋炒饭节 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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