yānyún

烟云

Word · NounTraditional煙雲

smoke and clouds; mist

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

smoke and clouds; mist and vapor

literary

Used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke atmospheric imagery; often implies something ephemeral or distant.

Yuǎn远
shān山
bèi被
yān烟
yún云
liáo缭
rào绕
 ,
wǎn宛
rú如
xiān仙
jìng境
 。

Distant mountains were wreathed in mist, like a fairyland.

Wǎng往
shì事
rú如
yān烟
yún云
 ,
zhuǎn转
shùn瞬
jí即
shì逝
 。

The past is like smoke and clouds, vanishing in an instant.

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Qīng清
chén晨
de的
hú湖
miàn面
shang上
piāo飘
zhe着
yī一
céng层
dàn淡
dàn淡
de的
yān烟
yún云
 。

A thin layer of mist drifted over the lake in the early morning.