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弥漫 màn to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
除尘 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)
望尘莫及 wàng chén lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
dǎn to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3]
玩完 wán wán (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust
卷起 juǎn to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
卷土重来 juǎn chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3]
万念俱灰 wàn niàn huī every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
(of dust) to rise in the air
甚嚣尘上 shèn xiāo chén shàng clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
弹冠相庆 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
涤尘 chén to wash off dust
dǎn to dust
bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4]
吃灰 chī huī (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust
一骑绝尘 - jué chén (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
尘埃落定 chén āi luò dìng lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
封尘 fēng chén to gather dust
抹一鼻子灰 zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
敷粉 fěn to sprinkle powder / a dusting
逸尘断鞅 chén duàn yāng lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)


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