gunpowder smoke; smoke of war
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
smoke from exploding gunpowder; (figurative) the atmosphere or scene of war
Commonly used in compound phrases like 硝烟弥漫 to describe battlefields or in metaphorical expressions referring to the horrors or intensity of war.
xiāo硝
yān烟
mí弥
màn漫
de的
zhàn战
chǎng场
a battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke
zhàn战
chǎng场
shàng上
xiāo硝
yān烟
gǔn滚
gǔn滚
，
pào炮
shēng声
lóng隆
lóng隆
。
Gunpowder smoke billowed across the battlefield amid thundering artillery.
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suī虽
rán然
nà那
chǎng场
zhàn战
zhēng争
de的
xiāo硝
yān烟
zǎo早
yǐ已
sàn散
qù去
，
dàn但
rén人
men们
xīn心
zhōng中
de的
chuāng创
shāng伤
réng仍
wèi未
yù愈
hé合
。
Although the smoke of that war has long since cleared, the wounds in people's hearts have yet to heal.
kōng空
qì气
zhōng中
mí弥
màn漫
zhe着
yī一
gǔ股
cì刺
bí鼻
de的
xiāo硝
yān烟
wèi味
。
The air was thick with the pungent smell of gunpowder.