吞雲吐霧 tūn yún tǔ wù

to blow cigarette or opium smoke

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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
雲 yún
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南省yún nán shěng
吐 tǔ HSK 5
to spit; to say; to put
霧 wù
fog; mist