烏煙瘴氣

wūyānzhàngqì

a foul (or pestilential) atmosphere

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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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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