smoke ⇒ 他过去抽烟。 Tā guòqù chōuyān. → He used to smoke.
烟幕
smokescreen ⇒ 他的和平演说不过是一种烟幕。 Tā de hépíng yǎnshuō bùguò shì yī zhǒng yānmù. → His peace talks are merely a smokescreen.
烟民
smokers pl
烟火
( 烟花 ) fireworks pl
烟花
firework ⇒ 孩子们爱放烟花。 Háizimen ài fàng yānhuā. → Kids like to set off fireworks.
烟草
( 指植物 ) tobacco plant
香烟
( 卷烟 ) cigarette
烟卷儿
cigarette
烟灰缸
ashtray
乌烟瘴气
foul ⇒ 别抽烟了,弄得房间里乌烟瘴气的。 Bié chōuyān le, nòng de fángjiān li wū yān zhàng qì de. → Don't smoke — it makes the room smell really foul.
浩如烟海
myriad ⇒ 中国古典诗歌浩如烟海。 Zhōngguó gǔdiǎn shīgē hào rú yān hǎi. → There are a myriad of Chinese ancient classical poems.
灰飞烟灭
disappear
烟消云散
vanish into thin air ⇒ 得知真实情况后，人们的不满情绪烟消云散了。 Dézhī zhēnshí qíngkuàng hòu, rénmen de bùmǎn qíngxù yān xiāo yún sàn le. → When they found out what was really going on, the people's feelings of discontent vanished into thin air.
荒无人烟
desolate and uninhabited
过眼云烟
fleeting
English translation of '烟'
烟 (煙)
(yān)
名
(指气体) smoke
(= 烟状物) mist
(= 烟草) tobacco
⇒ 香烟 (xiāngyān) cigarette
(= 鸦片) opium
动
be irritated by smoke
⇒ 厨房里的烟烟得人睁不开眼睛。 (Chúfáng li de yān yān de rén zhēng bù kāi yǎnjing.) The smoke in the kitchen irritated our eyes so badly that we couldn't keep them open.