Chinese–English

灰飞烟灭

huī fēi yān miè · hui fei yan mie

Traditional 灰飛煙滅

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. fig. to be annihilated
  3. to vanish in a puff of smoke
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