chuīyān

炊烟

Word · NounTraditional炊煙

smoke from a kitchen fire; cooking smoke

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

smoke from a kitchen fire; cooking smoke

literary

A poetic and literary term often used to evoke imagery of rural life, homes, and tranquility.

Bàng傍
wǎn晚
shí时
fēn分
 ，
cūn村
zhuāng庄
shàng上
kōng空
shēng升
qǐ起
niǎo袅
niǎo袅
chuī炊
yān烟
 。

At dusk, wisps of cooking smoke rise above the village.

Kàn看
dào到
yuǎn远
chù处
de的
chuī炊
yān烟
 ，
jiù就
zhī知
dào道
kuài快
dào到
jiā家
le了
 。

Seeing the distant cooking smoke means we are almost home.

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Shān山
jiǎo脚
xià下
de的
máo茅
wū屋
piāo飘
chū出
lǚ缕
lǚ缕
chuī炊
yān烟
 。

Thin strands of cooking smoke wafted from the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain.