灰飞烟灭 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 灰飛煙滅 huīfēiyānmiè ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) fig. to be annihilated to vanish in a puff of smoke Character by character 灰(huī)ash 飞(fēi)fly 烟(yān)cigarette or pipe tobacco 灭(miè)extinguish or put out A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0