纸烟
zhǐ yān
Pinyin

Definition

纸烟
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zhǐ yān
  1. cigarette

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吸烟
xī yān
  1. 1 to smoke
报纸
bào zhǐ
  1. 1 newspaper
  2. 2 newsprint
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],期[qī],張|张[zhāng]
壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
戒烟
jiè yān
  1. 1 to give up smoking
抽烟
chōu yān
  1. 1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
烽烟
fēng yān
  1. 1 fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
烟
yān
  1. 1 cigarette or pipe tobacco
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
  3. 3 smoke
  4. 4 mist
  5. 5 vapour
  6. 6 CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
  7. 7 tobacco plant
  8. 8 (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
烟火
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
烟花
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
纸
zhǐ
  1. 1 paper
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]
  3. 3 classifier for documents, letter etc
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
二手烟
èr shǒu yān
  1. 1 second-hand smoke
人烟
rén yān
  1. 1 sign of human habitation
冒烟
mào yān
  1. 1 to discharge smoke
  2. 2 to fume with rage
剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ
  1. 1 papercutting (Chinese folk art)
  2. 2 to make paper cutouts
图纸
tú zhǐ
  1. 1 blueprint
  2. 2 drawing
  3. 3 design plans
  4. 4 graph paper
妹纸
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
厕纸
cè zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper
废纸
fèi zhǐ
  1. 1 waste paper
手纸
shǒu zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper

Idioms (20)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
如堕烟雾
rú duò yān wù
  1. 1 as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
柳烟花雾
liǔ yān huā wù
  1. 1 lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
  1. 1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
浩如烟海
hào rú yān hǎi
  1. 1 vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì
  1. 1 billowing smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 foul atmosphere
  3. 3 (fig.) murky atmosphere
  4. 4 in a turmoil
烽烟四起
fēng yān sì qǐ
  1. 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. 1 lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
烽烟遍地
fēng yān biàn dì
  1. 1 fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
烟熏火燎
yān xūn huǒ liǎo
  1. 1 smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
烟花风月
yān huā fēng yuè
  1. 1 refers to lovemaking (idiom)
狼烟四起
láng yān sì qǐ
  1. 1 fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
  1. 1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3 armchair strategist
  4. 4 idle theorizing
  5. 5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
纸醉金迷
zhǐ zuì jīn mí
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
荒无人烟
huāng wú rén yān
  1. 1 desolate and uninhabited (idiom)

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