烟 (煙)
yān
Pinyin

Definition

烟 (煙)
 - 
yān
  1. cigarette or pipe tobacco
  2. CL:根[gēn]
  3. smoke
  4. mist
  5. vapour
  6. CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
  7. tobacco plant
  8. (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吸烟
xī yān
  1. 1 to smoke
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 classifier: 根 gēn
  3. 3 smoke
  4. 4 mist
  5. 5 vapour
  6. 6 classifier: 缕 lǚ
  7. 7 tobacco plant
  8. 8 (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

Idioms (19)

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

Sample Sentences

我老爸说不可以抽烟。
wǒ lǎobà shuō bù kěyǐ chōuyān 。
My dad said I should not smoke.
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在丽水市庆元县，当地菇农用电力代替柴火烘干香菇，不仅节约了生产成本，还减轻了生产过程中的烟尘污染。
zài Líshuǐshì Qìngyuánxiàn ，dāngdì gū Nóng yòng diànlì dàitì cháihuo hōnggān xiānggū ，bùjǐn jiéyuē le shēngchǎnchéngběn ，hái jiǎnqīng le shēngchǎn guòchéng zhōng de yānchén wūrǎn 。
In Qingyuan County, Lishui City, a local mushroom farm uses electricity instead of firewood to dry mushrooms. This not only saves production costs, but also reduces smoke pollution during production.
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才能撇清G这个不食人间烟火的艺术家和为五斗米折腰的匠人，以及无利不起早的商贾之间令人尴尬的关系。
cáinéng piěqīng G zhège bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ de yìshùjiā hé wéi wǔdǒumǐ zhéyāo de jiàngrén ，yǐjí wúlì bùqǐzǎo de shānggǔ zhījiān lìngrén gāngà de guānxi 。
This clarifies the awkward relationship between G, the artist, who is otherworldly, and the craftsmen who must bow for their food, and merchants who only do things for their own benefit.
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遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。故国神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。人生如梦，一樽还酹江月。
yáo xiǎng Gōngjǐn dāngnián ，Xiǎoqiáo chū jià le ，xióngzī yīngfā 。yǔshàn guānjīn ，tán xiào jiān ，qiánglǔ huīfēiyānmiè 。gùguó shényóu ，duōqíng yīng xiào wǒ ，zǎo shēng huáfà 。rénshēng rú mèng ，yī zūn hái lèi jiāng yuè 。
Thinking back all the way to Zhou Yu's military campaign at the red cliffs, when he had just married the beautiful Xiao Qiao, and how they made such a radiant couple, beauty matching bravery. The silk hat on his head, fanning himself lightly with a feather fan, reducing the formidable enemy army to ashes amid idle chat and laughter. But what is point of me sitting here pontificating? You might laugh at me, that it's my sentimentality that made my hair go white all over so prematurely. Life is like a passing dream, so we might as well pour a drink into to the river, to drink a toast to the moon's reflection in the river!
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好！爽快！我告诉你，有病没病天注定。我就有个叔公，他不烟不酒，还每天上健身房锻炼，最后还不是照样得了脂肪肝。您是好人，怎么喝都行的！
hǎo ！shuǎngkuài ！wǒ gàosu nǐ ，yǒubìng méi bìng tiān zhùdìng 。wǒ jiù yǒu gè shūgōng ，tā bù yān bù jiǔ ，hái měitiān shàng jiànshēnfáng duànliàn ，zuìhòu háibùshì zhàoyàng dé le zhīfánggān 。nín shì hǎorén ，zěnme hē dōu xíng de ！
Great! How fun! Let me tell you, sickness and wellness is a matter of fate. I have a great uncle, who doesn't smoke or drink and goes to the gym everyday, and it didn't stop him getting fatty liver disease just the same. You're a good person, so you'll be fine however much you drink!
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美国的烟花五光十色。
Měiguó de yānhuā wǔguāngshísè 。
The fireworks in America are luminous.
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渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān
deserted
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当地时间八月二十四日，巴西朗多尼亚州，巴西境内的亚马孙雨林大火火情十分严峻，浓烟滚滚，满目疮痍。
dāngdì shíjiān bā yuè èrshí sì rì ，Bāxī Lǎngduōníyǎ zhōu ，Bāxī jìngnèi de Yàmǎsūn yǔlín dàhuǒ huǒ qíng shífēn yánjùn ，nóngyān gǔngǔn ，Mǎnmùchuāngyí 。
On August 24, local time, in the Brazilian state of Rondonia, severe fire in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil brought heavy smoke and widespread devastation .
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我不抽烟了。
wǒ bù chōuyān le 。
I don't smoke anymore.
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十一月一日，《西安市控制吸烟管理办法》正式施行。
shíyī yuè yī rì ，《XīānShì kòngzhì xīyān guǎnlǐ bànfǎ 》zhèngshì shīxíng 。
On 1 November, Xian city officially implements measures to control smoking.
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