炊烟 (炊煙)
chuī yān
Pinyin
Definition
炊烟 (炊煙)
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- smoke from kitchen chimneys
Character Decomposition
Idioms (3)
巧妇难为无米之炊
- 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
米已成炊
- 1 lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
- 2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
食玉炊桂
- 1 food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
- 2 the cost of living is very high