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饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙

fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān

11-character word Traditional 飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙

What 饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙 means

1. have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)

The characters in 饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙

• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect
• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist
• 赛sàito compete; competition; match
• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 仙xiānimmortal

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