created sense approved 不翼而飞/不翼而飛 · bùyì'érfēi · to vanish into thin air — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不翼而飞 / 不翼而飛
bùyì'érfēi
to vanish into thin air
Literally meaning "to fly away without wings"; used to describe things suddenly going missing or disappearing without a trace.
búyì'érfēi
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 翼 (literal) → 翼 · yì · wing 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · to fly
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 不翼而飞/不翼而飛 · bùyì'érfēi · to spread like wildfire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不翼而飞 / 不翼而飛
bùyì'érfēi
to spread like wildfire
To spread rapidly, such as news, rumors, or ideas.
búyì'érfēi
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 翼 (literal) → 翼 · yì · wing 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · to fly
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition