吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
Pinyin

Definition

吞云吐雾
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tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. to blow cigarette or opium smoke

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吐
tǔ
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to put
  3. 3 to say
吐槽
tù cáo
  1. 1 (slang) to roast
  2. 2 to ridicule
  3. 3 also pr. [tǔ cáo]
吐司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
吐气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 to exhale
  2. 2 to blow off steam
  3. 3 (phonetics) aspirated
吐痰
tǔ tán
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to expectorate
吐露
tǔ lù
  1. 1 to tell
  2. 2 to disclose
  3. 3 to reveal
吞噬
tūn shì
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to engulf
  3. 3 to gobble up
呕吐
ǒu tù
  1. 1 to vomit
慢吞吞
màn tūn tūn
  1. 1 very slow
  2. 2 exasperatingly slow
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
私吞
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
谈吐
tán tǔ
  1. 1 style of conversation
云吞
yún tūn
  1. 1 wonton
一吐为快
yī tǔ wéi kuài
  1. 1 to get sth off one's chest
并吞
bìng tūn
  1. 1 to swallow up
  2. 2 to annex
  3. 3 to merge
侵吞
qīn tūn
  1. 1 to annex
  2. 2 to swallow (up)
  3. 3 to embezzle
催吐
cuī tù
  1. 1 emetic
倾吐
qīng tǔ
  1. 1 to pour out (emotions)
  2. 2 to unburden oneself (of strong feelings)
  3. 3 to vomit comprehensively
吐口
tǔ kǒu
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)
吐嘈
tù cáo
  1. 1 variant of 吐槽[tù cáo]

Idioms (14)

不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
  1. 1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
倾心吐胆
qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
  1. 1 to pour out one's heart (idiom)
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo
  1. 1 to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to accept without thinking
  3. 3 to lap up
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
  1. 1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. 2 to swallow one's anger
  3. 3 to grin and bear it
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
饮恨吞声
yǐn hèn tūn shēng
  1. 1 to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)

Sample Sentences

对于控烟、禁烟举措，仍有不少烟民不以为意，不理解、不支持，在看不见的角落继续“吞云吐雾”。
duìyú kòng yān 、jìn yān jǔcuò ，réng yǒu bùshǎo yānmín bùyǐwéiyì ，bù lǐjiě 、bù zhīchí ，zài kànbujiàn de jiǎoluò jìxù “tūnyúntǔwù ”。
There are still many smokers who ignore and do not support these smoking control and ban measures. They continue to smoke in hidden corners.
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