云烟

雲煙
yúnyān
mist; clouds; smoke

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) something as transient as a floating cloud
  2. cloud and mist
  3. something as transient as a floating cloud

Wiktionary

  1. 云气与烟雾。
  2. 云端、云霄。
  3. 比喻笔势潇洒自如。
  4. 比喻容易消逝的事物。
  5. 比喻众多。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 云 yún (classical) to say
=1 云 yún cloud

classifier: 朵
=2 烟 yān
  1. cigarette or pipe tobacco
  2. smoke
  3. mist
  4. vapour
  5. tobacco plant
  6. (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

classifiers: 根, 縷
=2 烟 yān tobacco (variant of 烟 yān)

Containing this entry

过眼云烟 guòyǎnyúnyān ephemeral (idiom)