The Chinese word 冒烟 (màoyān), meaning "to emit smoke" or "to smoke", is a straightforward verb-object compound formed through semantic combination. The first character, 冒 (mào), means "to emit", "to give off", or "to brave", conveying the action of something rising outward. The second character, 烟 (yān), means "smoke" or "fog", serving as the object of the action. Together, they create a dynamic phrase where 冒 acts upon 烟, literally describing the process where smoke is produced and rises, as from a fire, chimney, or an overheated engine, and is often used metaphorically to describe someone being very angry ("fuming").