煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to vanish like smoke in thin air
  2. to disappear

CHARACTERS

煙 yān smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
消 xiāo vanish, die out; melt away
雲 yún clouds; Yunnan province
散 sàn scatter, disperse, break up