the smoke drifted away
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is y ā nxi ā Ohu ǒ mi è, which means things disappear without leaving a trace. It comes from the four character poem by Fu Xuan of Jin Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Fu Xuan's "four character poem" in Jin Dynasty: "all of a sudden, the smoke and fire will disappear."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive; it is used as a metaphor for things to be wiped out.
Examples
If the Master Wu Bian had admitted that he was wrong and made a smile at that time, it would have gone away. The 17th chapter of Zhang Chunfan's official sea in Qing Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: vanishing in smoke
the smoke drifted away
a soldier in the opponent 's territory which can advance , but not retreat - guò hé zú zǐ
The sound of flies and the sound of frogs - yíng shēng wā zào
obsolete words and expressions must be eliminated - chén yán wù qù