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烽煙遍地

简烽烟遍地 · 繁烽煙遍地

Mandarin · pinyin fēng yān biàn dì

fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

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烽: fēng · signal fire; signal tower
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遍: biàn · everywhere, all over, throughout
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
烟: yān · smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

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1–1–4–4 · feng1 yan1 bian4 di4

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