1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
3 a straw in the wind
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
3 can't see the wood for the trees
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
2 fig. to seethe with anger
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
如堕烟雾
rú duò yān wù
1 as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
有枝有叶
yǒu zhī yǒu yè
1 to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān
1 dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
2 God-forsaken
柳烟花雾
liǔ yān huā wù
1 lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
根深叶茂
gēn shēn yè mào
1 deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom)
2 (fig.) well established and growing strongly
梵册贝叶
fàn cè bèi yè
1 Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
浩如烟海
hào rú yān hǎi
1 vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān
1 remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted
2 God-forsaken
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
2 fig. to be annihilated
3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì
1 billowing smoke (idiom)
2 foul atmosphere
3 (fig.) murky atmosphere
4 in a turmoil
烽烟四起
fēng yān sì qǐ
1 lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
烽烟四起,战火纷飞
fēng yān sì qǐ , zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
1 lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
烽烟遍地
fēng yān biàn dì
1 fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
烟熏火燎
yān xūn huǒ liǎo
1 smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
烟花风月
yān huā fēng yuè
1 refers to lovemaking (idiom)
牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú
1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.