硝烟 (xiāo yān) — smoke of gunpowder; (figurative) war, battlefield, armed conflict

Definition

Examples

• 战场上硝烟弥漫，几乎看不清前方的路。
  Zhàn chǎng shàng xiāo yān mí màn, jī hū kàn bù qīng qián fāng de lù.
  The battlefield was filled with the smoke of gunpowder, making it almost impossible to see the road ahead.
• 经过多年的硝烟，这个国家终于迎来了和平。
  Jīng guò duō nián de xiāo yān, zhè ge guó jiā zhōng yú yíng lái le hé píng.
  After years of war, this country finally ushered in peace.
• 那场谈判虽然不见硝烟，但双方的交锋同样激烈。
  Nà chǎng tán pàn suī rán bú jiàn xiāo yān, dàn shuāng fāng de jiāo fēng tóng yàng jī liè.
  Although that negotiation saw no smoke of gunpowder, the confrontation between the two sides was equally intense.