吞云吐雾 (吞雲吐霧)
tūn yún tǔ wù
Pinyin

Definition

吞云吐雾 (吞雲吐霧)
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tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. to blow cigarette or opium smoke

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吐
tǔ
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to put
  3. 3 to say
吐槽
tù cáo
  1. 1 (slang) to roast
  2. 2 to ridicule
  3. 3 also pr. [tǔ cáo]
吐司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
吐气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 to exhale
  2. 2 to blow off steam
  3. 3 (phonetics) aspirated
吐痰
tǔ tán
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to expectorate

Idioms (14)

不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
  1. 1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
倾心吐胆
qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
  1. 1 to pour out one's heart (idiom)
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

Sample Sentences

对于控烟、禁烟举措，仍有不少烟民不以为意，不理解、不支持，在看不见的角落继续“吞云吐雾”。
duìyú kòng yān 、jìn yān jǔcuò ，réng yǒu bùshǎo yānmín bùyǐwéiyì ，bù lǐjiě 、bù zhīchí ，zài kànbujiàn de jiǎoluò jìxù “tūnyúntǔwù ”。
There are still many smokers who ignore and do not support these smoking control and ban measures. They continue to smoke in hidden corners.
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