乌烟瘴气

wūyānzhàngqì

a foul (or pestilential) atmosphere

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a foul atomsphere

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foul atomsphere

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wu1 yan1 zhang4 qi4

foul black smoke atmosphere (idiom); fig. everything in a tremendous mess, pandemonium reigns

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乌烟瘴气

wū yān zhàng qì

The atmosphere was foul.; a pestilential atmosphere; foul atmosphere; a turgid atmosphere of ignorance and confusion; befoul the atmosphere; black smoke and pestilential vapours; pandemonium:

他们里应外合， 把时局搞得乌烟瘴气。 Working in collusion, one from within and the other from without, they created pandemonium.

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烏煙瘴氣|乌烟瘴气 [wū yān zhàng qì] ► foul black smoke atmosphere (idiom); fig. everything in a tremendous mess ► pandemonium reigns