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煙絲

简 烟丝 · 繁 煙絲
Mandarin · pinyin yān sī

Meanings

  1. loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco
  2. (literary) wisp of smoke; thin strand of smoke
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煙
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絲
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烟
yān · smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
丝
sī · silk; fine thread; wire; strings
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noun

  1. cut tobacco; pipe tobacco

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