灰飞烟灭

灰飞烟灭
huīfēiyānmiè

fig. to be annihilated

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MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    fig. to be annihilated

    • His dreams turned to dust and smoke.

  2. verb

    to vanish in a puff of smoke

    • His dream vanished into thin air.

  3. adjective

    lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)

    • His dreams went up in smoke.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Ash is what remains when the hand extinguishes the flame.

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