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不食人间烟火

bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ

6-character word Traditional 不食人間煙火

What 不食人间烟火 means

1. otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life

The characters in 不食人间烟火

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
• 人rénperson; people
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

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