yú chén yàn yǎo

Traditional: 魚沉雁杳

鱼沉雁杳 (yú chén yàn yǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom); fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact

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