烏煙瘴氣 [乌烟－气]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. billowing smoke (idiom)
  2. foul atmosphere
  3. (fig.) murky atmosphere
  4. in a turmoil
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (saying) Chaotic and messy (because of dirty and with stingy smoke)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    形容​環境​污糟​、​混亂
    to describe an environment which is foul, messy and unpleasant; literally: dark smoke and filthy air
    • 啲人喺度食煙，攪到呢度烏煙瘴氣。
      啲人喺度食烟，搅到呢度乌烟瘴气。
      di1 jan4 hai2 dou6 sik6 jin1, gaau2 dou3 ni1 dou6 wu1 jin1 zoeng3 hei3.
      People smoked and created a foul atmosphere here.
  2. 參看
    污煙障氣
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic, of an atmosphere
    filled with black smoke and toxic gas; turgid atmosphere; pandemonium
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢成日匿喺房度吞云吐雾，搞到成间屋乌烟瘴气。
    佢成日匿喺房度吞雲吐霧，搞到成間屋烏煙瘴氣。
    keoi5 seng4 jat6 lik1 hai2 fong2 dou6 tan1 wan4 tou3 mou6, gaau2 dou3 seng4 gaan1 uk1 wu1 jin1 zoeng3 hei3.
    • He always smokes in his room, but finally leaving the whole house smokey and misty.
  2. Cantonese
    啲官搞到个城市乌烟瘴气，受罪嘅咪又系我哋小市民？
    啲官搞到個城市烏煙瘴氣，受罪嘅咪又係我哋小市民？
    di1 gun1 gaau2 dou3 go3 sing4 si5 wu1 jin1 zoeng3 hei3, sau6 zeoi6 ge3 mai6 jau6 hai6 ngo5 dei6 siu2 si5 man4.
    • The officials have turned the city into a mess, and it is us citizens that suffers.
  3. Cantonese
    啲人喺度食烟，搅到呢度乌烟瘴气。
    啲人喺度食煙，攪到呢度烏煙瘴氣。
    di1 jan4 hai2 dou6 sik6 jin1, gaau2 dou3 ni1 dou6 wu1 jin1 zoeng3 hei3.
    • People smoked and created a foul atmosphere here.