灰飛煙滅

1. • lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
2. • fig. to be annihilated
3. • to vanish in a puff of smoke

Character by character

• 灰(huī)ash
• 飛(fēi)fly
• 煙(yān)cigarette or pipe tobacco
• 滅(miè)extinguish or put out