吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù

to blow cigarette or opium smoke

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 42553rd word

Definitions

  1. 1. to blow cigarette or opium smoke
  2. 2. to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
吞 tūn HSK 6
to swallow; to take
云 yún HSK 4
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南省yún nán shěng
吐 tǔ HSK 5
to spit; to say; to put
雾 wù HSK 5
fog; mist