| 灰 |
huī fēi yān miè | lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke |
| 灰 |
huī | ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected |
| 飞 |
fēi | to fly |
| 烟 |
yān | cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke |
| 烟 |
yān | tobacco (variant of 烟) |
| 灭 |
miè | to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown |