- lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
- fig. to be annihilated
- to vanish in a puff of smoke
Characters
- 灰 (灰): ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
- 飞 (飛): to fly
- 烟 (煙): cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- 灭 (滅): to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
Resources
- Wiktionary: 灰飞烟灭
- MDBG: 灰飞烟灭
- Examples with 灰飞烟灭 on Tatoeba
Examples
我的梦想灰飞烟灭了。