灰飞烟灭 (huī fēi yān miè) | Meaning: lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback东山再起dōng shān zài qǐ

lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence · sth malevolent returns to haunt one死灰复燃sǐ huī fù rán

lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) · fig. to regroup and come back even stronger · to make a comeback卷土重来juǎn tǔ chóng lái

lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) · fig. to be annihilated · to vanish in a puff of smoke