xiè
瀣
see 沆瀣 (night air)
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
night air; vapor; used only in 沆瀣
This character is not used independently and appears almost exclusively in the disyllabic word 沆瀣 (hàngxiè), which originally referred to night air or vapor. The term survives today primarily in the idiom 沆瀣一气, used to describe people colluding with each other.
hàng沆
xiè瀣
yī一
qì气
to collude with each other; to act in cahoots (literally: the night airs blend as one)
Zhè这
èr二
rén人
hàng沆
xiè瀣
yī一
qì气
，
zuò做
le了
bù不
shǎo少
huài坏
shì事
。
These two colluded with each other and did a lot of bad things.