长烟
cháng yān
Pinyin

Definition

长烟
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cháng yān
  1. endless mist

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

增长
zēng zhǎng
  1. 1 to grow
  2. 2 to increase
家长
jiā zhǎng
  1. 1 head of a household
  2. 2 family head
  3. 3 patriarch
  4. 4 parent or guardian of a child
成长
chéng zhǎng
  1. 1 to mature
  2. 2 to grow
  3. 3 growth
抽烟
chōu yān
  1. 1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
漫长
màn cháng
  1. 1 very long
  2. 2 endless
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
烟花
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
长
cháng
  1. 1 length
  2. 2 long
  3. 3 forever
  4. 4 always
  5. 5 constantly
长大
zhǎng dà
  1. 1 to grow up
长期
cháng qī
  1. 1 long term
  2. 2 long time
  3. 3 long range (of a forecast)
长沙
Cháng shā
  1. 1 Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
长相
zhǎng xiàng
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 looks
  3. 3 profile
  4. 4 countenance
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
修长
xiū cháng
  1. 1 slender
  2. 2 lanky
  3. 3 tall and thin
全长
quán cháng
  1. 1 overall length
  2. 2 span
冒烟
mào yān
  1. 1 to discharge smoke
  2. 2 to fume with rage
冗长
rǒng cháng
  1. 1 long and tedious
  2. 2 redundant
  3. 3 superfluous
  4. 4 supernumerary
  5. 5 verbose (of writing)

Idioms (20)

一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
  1. 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
  2. 2 skill in a specialized area (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
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃一堑，长一智
chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
各显所长
gè xiǎn suǒ cháng
  1. 1 each displays their own strengths (idiom)
地久天长
dì jiǔ tiān cháng
  1. 1 enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal
  2. 2 for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc)
  3. 3 also written 天長地久|天长地久
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
  1. 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
  2. 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
天长地久
tiān cháng dì jiǔ
  1. 1 enduring while the world lasts (idiom)
  2. 2 eternal
天长日久
tiān cháng rì jiǔ
  1. 1 after a long time (idiom)
好景不长
hǎo jǐng bù cháng
  1. 1 a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
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
寓意深长
yù yì shēn cháng
  1. 1 to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant
山长水远
shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn
  1. 1 long and arduous journey (idiom)
山高水长
shān gāo shuǐ cháng
  1. 1 high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
张家长，李家短
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
从长计议
cóng cháng jì yì
  1. 1 to take one's time making a decision (idiom)
  2. 2 to consider at length

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