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Character Decomposition
烟=火+因
Etymology
fire
Meanings
cigarette or pipe tobacco
CL:根 gēn
smoke
mist
vapour
tobacco plant
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
tobacco (variant of yān)
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Words with 烟 596 total
Idioms with 烟 65 total Chain
ephemeral (idiom)过眼烟云guò yǎn yān yúnephemeral (idiom)过眼云烟guò yǎn yún yānvast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)浩如烟海hào rú yān hǎidesolate and uninhabited (idiom)荒无人烟huāng wú rén yānlit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) · fig. to be annihilated · to vanish in a puff of smoke灰飞烟灭huī fēi yān miè
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