吞云吐雾 (tūn yún tǔ) — to smoke (especially heavily or ostentatiously); to blow out clouds of smoke (figurative)
Definition
A vivid idiom literally meaning 'swallow clouds, spit fog,' used to describe smoking heavily or puffing away with visible clouds of smoke.
idiom
to smoke (especially heavily or ostentatiously)to blow out clouds of smoke (figurative)
Examples
- ，吞云吐雾。Tā zuò zài chuāng biān, yōu xián de tūn yún tǔ.He sat by the window, casually puffing away.
- 吞云吐雾，。Fáng jiān lǐ jǐ gè rén zhèng zài tūn yún tǔ, yān wù liáo rào.Several people in the room were smoking, filling it with haze.
- 吞云吐雾，。Lǎo zhāng xǐ huan fàn hòu tūn yún tǔ, shuō shì xiǎng shòu.Old Zhang likes to smoke after meals, calling it a pleasure.
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