冒烟 (冒煙)
mào yān
Pinyin

Definition

冒烟 (冒煙)
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mào yān
  1. to discharge smoke
  2. to fume with rage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gǎn mào
  1. 1 to catch cold
  2. 2 (common) cold
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
  4. 4 classifier: 次 cì
  5. 5 (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)
  6. 6 (Tw) to detest
  7. 7 can't stand
jiǎ mào
  1. 1 to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose as (someone else)
  3. 3 to counterfeit
  4. 4 to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
mào
  1. 1 old variant of 冒[mào]
mào chōng
  1. 1 to feign
  2. 2 to pretend to be
  3. 3 to pass oneself off as
mào yān
  1. 1 to discharge smoke
  2. 2 to fume with rage

Idioms (2)

冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)

Sample Sentences

郝大哥,我家里上个礼拜刚装了新空调,一开就冒烟,给空调公司打电话,到现在没一个人来看。
Hǎo dàgē ,wǒ jiālǐ shàng ge lǐbài gāng zhuāng le xīn kōngtiáo ,yì kāi jiù màoyān ,gěi kōngtiáo gōngsī dǎ diànhuà ,dào xiànzài méi yí gè rén lái kàn 。
Mr Hao, we got a new air conditioning unit installed in our home just last week, but when we turned it on, it started smoking. We called the AC company but up to now no one has come to see it.
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现在上午九点啊,你总得给人家一点时间。那个空调一开就冒烟是什么情况?
xiànzài shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn ā ,nǐ zǒng děi gěi rénjiā yìdiǎn shíjiān 。nàge kōngtiáo yì kāi jiù màoyān shì shénme qíngkuàng ?
It's only 9 in the morning now, you should give them some time. How could an AC unit give off smoke as soon as it is turned on?
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我就插头插上啦,摁了开关,噗!就冒烟了。
wǒ jiù chātóu chā shàng la ,èn le kāiguān ,pū !jiù màoyān le 。
I plugged it in and pressed the on button, then poof! Smoke started to come out of it.
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什么牌的呀?能这么快冒烟?我看你买的是烤箱,不是空调。
shénme pái de ya ?néng zhème kuài màoyān ?wǒ kàn nǐ mǎi de shì kǎoxiāng ,bùshì kōngtiáo 。
What brand is it? Why would smoke come out so quickly? Are you sure you bought an air conditioner and not an oven?
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