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Trad. 風塵
- windblown dust
- hardships of travel
- vicissitudes of life
- prostitution
Trad. 承塵
- (literary) ceiling
- (literary) canopy over a seat in ancient times to keep off dust
Trad. 浮塵
- dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface)
- large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm
Trad. 前塵
- the past
- impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
Trad. 望塵莫及
- lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
- to be far inferior
Trad. 風塵僕僕
- lit. covered in dust (idiom)
- fig. travel-worn
Trad. 滿臉風塵
- lit. with a face full of dust
- showing the hardships of travel (idiom)
Trad. 甚囂塵上
- clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor
- to raise a tremendous stink
Trad. 心細如塵
- (idiom) meticulous; very careful or attentive
Trad. 塵埃落定
- "Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2]
Trad. 塵埃落定
- lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
- fig. to get sorted out
- to be finalized
Trad. 步人後塵
- to follow in other people's footsteps
Trad. 看破紅塵
- (idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
Trad. 一騎絕塵
- (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
Trad. 逸塵斷鞅
- lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness
- fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)
Trad. 一塵不染
- (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible
Trad. 纖塵不染
- see 一塵不染|一尘不染[yi1 chen2 bu4 ran3]