魚沉雁杳
yú​chén​yàn​yǎo

to have lost contact

  • created reference approved 鱼沉雁杳/魚沉雁杳 → 鱼雁沉沉/魚雁沉沉 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鱼沉雁杳 / 魚沉雁杳 yú​chén​yàn​yǎo

    鱼雁沉沉 / 魚雁沉沉 yú​yàn​chén​chén

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鱼沉雁杳/魚沉雁杳 · yú​chén​yàn​yǎo · to have lost contact — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鱼沉雁杳 / 魚沉雁杳

    yú​chén​yàn​yǎo

    to have lost contact

    to have had no news of someone; used to describe a total break in communication or correspondence

    鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 沉 (literal) → 沉 · chén · to sink 雁 (literal) → 雁 · yàn · wild goose 杳 (literal) → 杳 · yǎo · vanishing

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense