灰飞烟灭 (huī fēi yān) — (idiom) to be annihilated; to vanish into thin air
Definition
A literary chengyu meaning 'to be utterly destroyed, to vanish like scattered ash and smoke' — stronger and more dramatic than everyday words for disappearing.
idiom
to be annihilatedto vanish into thin air
Beispiele
- 灰飞烟灭。Tā de mèng xiǎng zài yí shùn jiān huī fēi yān le.His dream vanished in an instant.
- 灰飞烟灭。Suǒ yǒu zhèng jù zài dà huǒ zhōng huī fēi yān.All the evidence was destroyed in the big fire.
- 灰飞烟灭。Dí jūn bèi dà pào dǎ dé huī fēi yān.The enemy forces were shelled into annihilation.
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