| 尘埃落定 |
Chén āi luò dìng |
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿来 |
| 尘埃落定 |
chén āi luò dìng |
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized |
| 尘 |
chén |
dust / dirt / earth |
| 尘埃 |
chén āi |
dust |
| 埃 |
Āi |
abbr. for Egypt 埃及 or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚 |
| 埃 |
āi |
dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 定 |
dìng |
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely |