烟消云散 in English yan1 xiao1 yun2 san4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to vanish like smoke in thin air
  • to disappear

Simplified Characters

烟 消 云 散

Traditional Characters

煙 消 雲 散

Pinyin

yan1 xiao1 yun2 san4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

烟yan1cigarette or pipe tobacco 消xiao1to disappear 云yun2(classical) to say 散san4variant of 散[san4]