Definition
硝烟 literally means 'smoke of gunpowder' — the smoke that hangs over a battlefield after gunfire. In literary and journalistic Chinese, it is used figuratively to refer to war, armed conflict, or intense struggle. You'll see it in phrases like 硝烟弥漫 ('filled with the smoke of gunpowder') to describe a battlefield scene, or 硝烟散去 ('the smoke clears') to mark the end of a war or crisis.
n.
smoke of gunpowder(figurative) warbattlefieldarmed conflict
Examples
- ，。Zhànchǎng shàng xiāo yān mímàn, jīhū kàn bù qīng qiánfāng de lù.The battlefield was filled with the smoke of gunpowder, making it almost impossible to see the road ahead.
- 硝烟，。Jīngguò duō nián de xiāo yān, zhège guójiā zhōngyú yínglái le hépíng.After years of war, this country finally ushered in peace.
- 硝烟，。Nà chǎng tánpàn suīrán bú jiàn xiāo yān, dàn shuāngfāng de jiāofēng tóngyàng jīliè.Although that negotiation saw no smoke of gunpowder, the confrontation between the two sides was equally intense.
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