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
Chinese PinYin : yān xiāo huǒ miè
the smoke drifted away
wind that carries sand and drives stones. fēi shē zǒu lì
On the knowledge of the world. lùn shì zhī rén
Prison goods are not precious. yù huò fēi bǎo
range upon range of mountains. chóng luán dié zhàng