爬煙囪

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Chinese

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crawl; climb chimney; smoking addict
trad. (爬煙囪/爬菸囪) 煙囪/菸囪
simp. (爬烟囱) 烟囱
Literally: “to climb (through) the chimney”.

Etymology

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From a common belief that a person's soul flies through the chimney when the person is cremated.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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爬煙囪

  1. (Northeastern Mandarin, euphemistic, dated) to die

Synonyms

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