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狼煙 (long4 jin1) — smoke signals in Cantonese

longˎ₄狼jinˉ¹煙
简 狼烟
Mandarin Pinyin: lang2 yan1

Meaning of 狼煙

nounsmoke signals
nounwolf smoke (war smoke) is a reference to frontier beacon fires burning dried wolf dung to warn of the approach of an invading enemy

Example Sentences with 狼煙

longˎ₄狼jinˉ¹煙sei˗₃四heiˊ²起
War broke out everywhere.
longˎ₄狼jinˉ¹煙meiˍ₆未saan˗₃散
The smoke of war has not yet dispersed.
longˎ₄狼jinˉ¹煙maanˍ₆漫tinˉ¹天
Smoke and fire filled the sky.
fungˉ¹烽foˊ²火longˎ₄狼jinˉ¹煙
Beacon fires and smoke signals (signifying war).
longˎ₄狼jinˉ¹煙gou˗₃告gapˉ¹急
The war situation is urgent.
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Characters in 狼煙

狼long4
wolf
煙jin1
be irritated by smoke

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