烟消云散

煙消雲散
yānxiāoyúnsàn
idiom #15,887

Meanings

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

Examples

Tīng dào hǎo xiāoxi hòu, tā de fánnǎo yānxiāoyúnsàn le.
After hearing the good news, his worries vanished into thin air.
Wùhuì jiěkāi hòu, máodùn yānxiāoyúnsàn.
After the misunderstanding was cleared up, the conflict dissolved completely.

Tips

usage
Often used for negative things disappearing — worries, anger, tension, suspicion. Rarely used for positive things vanishing.
memory
Smoke disperses () and clouds scatter () — picture a sky clearing after a fire. Both halves paint the same image of things dissolving into nothing.

Stroke Order

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xiāo
yún
sàn