過眼煙雲
guò​yǎn​yān​yún

ephemeral

  • created sense approved 过眼烟云/過眼煙雲 · guò​yǎn​yān​yún · ephemeral — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    过眼烟云 / 過眼煙雲

    guò​yǎn​yān​yún

    ephemeral

    (idiom) like mist and smoke passing before the eyes; fleeting; vanishing quickly without a trace; used to describe external things like wealth and fame that are temporary

    过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 烟 (literal) → 烟/煙 · yān · mist 云 (literal) → 云/雲 · yún · cloud

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense