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Chinese term or phrase:
不染烟火气
English translation:
unworldly
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Jan 9, 2017 08:16
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Chinese term
不染烟火气
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Botany and nature
This is from a paragraph talking about how wonderful the apricot blossom is in the spring and how springtime is a season of hope and love.
清明前后开放的杏花，生机萌发得*不染烟火气*，沾衣欲湿牧童遥指，也大多温柔得很，唯有“杏花村里开杏花，儿女正当好年华”，不光有春色还有青春，说到底，春天还真是个适合谈情说爱的好时节！
What does 不染烟火气 mean? Thanks in advance for your help!
清明前后开放的杏花，生机萌发得*不染烟火气*，沾衣欲湿牧童遥指，也大多温柔得很，唯有“杏花村里开杏花，儿女正当好年华”，不光有春色还有青春，说到底，春天还真是个适合谈情说爱的好时节！
What does 不染烟火气 mean? Thanks in advance for your help!
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unworldly
It indicates its elegance and detachment, away from mediocrity and vulgarity
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unpolluted or pristine air
yan huo qi smoke from cooking or heating.
ran to dye, or pollute
ran to dye, or pollute
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Yuemin Chen
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pure and beyond the earthly world
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Tianci Hu Marrero
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exempt from worldly grimes
烟火气可能有种消极感，直译似乎很难译出来，所以不如直接用语气过重的grimes
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untouched by any worldly source of pollution
烟火气的意思,含义,拼音,读音-烟火气的汉语词典解释
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烟火气的汉语词典解释：烟火气（yān huǒ qì），1.亦作烟火气。 2.烧煮食物的气味。 3.指尘俗习气。亦作“烟火气”。 1.烧煮食物的气味。 吴运铎《把一切献给党·转移》：“我俩 ...
词语“烟火气”的解释汉典zdic.net
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烟火气（煙火氣） 添至备忘录 ... 煙火氣 yān huǒ qì ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˋ. 塵世庸俗之氣。十國春秋．卷三十一．南唐．孫魴傳：「此非有風雅製度，但得人間煙火氣多爾。」.
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烟火气的汉语词典解释：烟火气（yān huǒ qì），1.亦作烟火气。 2.烧煮食物的气味。 3.指尘俗习气。亦作“烟火气”。 1.烧煮食物的气味。 吴运铎《把一切献给党·转移》：“我俩 ...
词语“烟火气”的解释汉典zdic.net
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烟火气（煙火氣） 添至备忘录 ... 煙火氣 yān huǒ qì ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˋ. 塵世庸俗之氣。十國春秋．卷三十一．南唐．孫魴傳：「此非有風雅製度，但得人間煙火氣多爾。」.
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Cheryl Olson
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unsullied
Unworldly could mean 'strange', so it is ambiguous. I think a more exact term would be unsullied, which points directly to the blossom's purity.
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