汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 吞雲吐霧
吞雲吐霧 (吞云吐雾)
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
Originally it was described that Taoists cultivated to nourish their qi and did not eat grains, and later described that people smoke
《梁书.沈约传》"始飡霞而吐雾,终凌虚而倒影。"形容道家的绝谷养气◇乃以"吞云吐雾"形容吸鸦片或吸烟,多寓讥讽。
tūn () yún tǔ/tù () wù
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

“禁止吸烟”的牌子挂满了墙,但周围到处是吞云吐雾的顾客。

"No Smoking" signs covered the walls but every other patron was puffing on a cigarette.

孩提时代时他就透过内蒙古草原的地平线寻找传说中吞云吐雾的怪物。

As a kid he peered over Inner Mongolia's grassy horizon looking for signs of its telltale breathing.

每天放学回到家,我最常见的就是爸爸坐在沙发上“吞云吐雾”了,整个房间搞得乌烟瘴气。

School every day at home, I most common: father sat on the sofa "content", whole room is badly messed up.

是的,是的,眼前分明是一幅绚丽多彩、变幻无穷的江山多娇图:既有吞云吐雾、粗狂奔放的泼墨;

Yes, Yes, is a gorgeous clear eyes, changes in the rivers and mountains more than endless Johnson plans: both desperate for a smoke, rough running of the splash-ink release;

葱郁的桦林,肥硕的橡树可真大,两个人才能合围,在阳光照射下,树影磅礴,吞云吐雾,好生气派。

Lush birch, oak stout really great, two people can be encircled, in the sunlight, the majestic shadows, desperate for a smoke, Haosheng style.

战前这人是个厨师,他的一项罪名是为前来就餐的人们提供食物,这些人吸着香烟吞云吐雾谈论政事。

Before the war this man had been a chef, and his one crime was feeding the people who sat at his tables in small clouds of smoke and talked politics.