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尘埃落定

Chén āi luò dìng

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Source form: 塵埃落定 / 尘埃落定
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[Ā lái]
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-46a40cba350c397a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

塵埃落定 尘埃落定 [Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] /"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2]/

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chén āi luò dìng

All readings
Source form: 塵埃落定 / 尘埃落定
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-78d053a90b4f5ab9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

塵埃落定 尘埃落定 [chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] /lit. the dust has settled (idiom)/fig. to get sorted out/to be finalized/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 塵埃落定

  • 尘
    chén

    dust / dirt / earth

  • 埃
    āi

    dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e

    Āi

    abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Āi jí] or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞|埃塞俄比亚[Āi sài é bǐ yà]

  • 落
    là

    to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

    lào

    colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

    luò

    to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement

  • 定
    dìng

    to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.