不染烟火气

English translation: unworldly

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Chinese term or phrase:不染烟火气
English translation:unworldly

08:16 Jan 9, 2017
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Botany and nature
Chinese term or phrase: 不染烟火气
This is from a paragraph talking about how wonderful the apricot blossom is in the spring and how springtime is a season of hope and love.

清明前后开放的杏花,生机萌发得*不染烟火气*,沾衣欲湿牧童遥指,也大多温柔得很,唯有“杏花村里开杏花,儿女正当好年华”,不光有春色还有青春,说到底,春天还真是个适合谈情说爱的好时节!

What does 不染烟火气 mean? Thanks in advance for your help!
Alice Yang (X)
United States
Local time: 00:00
unworldly
Explanation:
It indicates its elegance and detachment, away from mediocrity and vulgarity

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Frank Zou
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1unworldly
Frank Zou
4untouched by any worldly source of pollution
pkchan
4unsullied
Cheryl Olson
3unpolluted or pristine air
Ralph Dunsdon
3pure and beyond the earthly world
Yuemin Chen
3exempt from worldly grimes
Tianci Hu Marrero


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unworldly


Explanation:
It indicates its elegance and detachment, away from mediocrity and vulgarity

FYI
https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/527550930.html

Frank Zou
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agree  Claire Wei
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unpolluted or pristine air


Explanation:
yan huo qi smoke from cooking or heating.

ran to dye, or pollute

Ralph Dunsdon
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pure and beyond the earthly world


Explanation:
For your reference only.

Yuemin Chen
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exempt from worldly grimes


Explanation:
烟火气可能有种消极感,直译似乎很难译出来,所以不如直接用语气过重的grimes

Tianci Hu Marrero
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untouched by any worldly source of pollution


Explanation:
烟火气的意思,含义,拼音,读音-烟火气的汉语词典解释
cidian.xpcha.com › 汉语词典
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烟火气的汉语词典解释:烟火气(yān huǒ qì),1.亦作烟火气。 2.烧煮食物的气味。 3.指尘俗习气。亦作“烟火气”。 1.烧煮食物的气味。 吴运铎《把一切献给党·转移》:“我俩 ...
词语“烟火气”的解释汉典zdic.net
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烟火气(煙火氣) 添至备忘录 ... 煙火氣 yān huǒ qì ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˋ. 塵世庸俗之氣。十國春秋.卷三十一.南唐.孫魴傳:「此非有風雅製度,但得人間煙火氣多爾。」.

pkchan
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unsullied


Explanation:
Unworldly could mean 'strange', so it is ambiguous. I think a more exact term would be unsullied, which points directly to the blossom's purity.

Cheryl Olson
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