饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙
fàn​hòu​yī​zhī​yān​sài​guò​huó​shén​xiān

have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals

  • created sense approved 饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙/飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙 · fàn​hòu​yī​zhī​yān​sài​guò​huó​shén​xiān · have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙 / 飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙

    fàn​hòu​yī​zhī​yān​sài​guò​huó​shén​xiān

    have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals

    Proverb suggesting that smoking a cigarette after a meal is one of life's greatest pleasures.

    饭 (literal) → 饭/飯 · fàn · meal 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · after 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 支 (literal) → 支 · zhī · [long thin objects] 烟 (literal) → 烟/煙 · yān · cigarette ， (non_chinese) 赛 (literal) → 赛/賽 · sài · to surpass 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to exceed 活神仙 (literal) → 活神仙 · huó​shén​xiān · happy-go-lucky person

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