láng
yān

common
literary

Meaning of 狼烟

狼烟 means signal fire of ancient frontier defense; beacon fire; war; flames of war; conflict. Pronounced láng yān.

  • signal fire of ancient frontier defense; beacon fire
  • war; flames of war; conflict

Definitions & Examples

Biān
guān
gào
 
láng
yān
 

The frontier was in crisis, with beacon fires rising everywhere.

dài
jiàng
shì
kàn
dào
láng
yān
 
biàn便
zhī
dào
yǒu
rén
qīn
 

When ancient soldiers saw the beacon fire, they knew an enemy invasion had occurred.

Shī
zhōng
miáo
huì
le
gǔn
gǔn
láng
yān
de
chǎng
jǐng
 

The poem depicts the scene of billowing beacon smoke.