Entry
来lái无wú影yǐng，,去qù无wú踪zōng

  1. lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace

    trad. 來無影，去無蹤

Also written 來無影，去無蹤【lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng】

Characters in this word

5
来
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
來
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500
Words starting with 来Words ending in 来Anywhere in a word
去
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to go, to go to (a place), (of a time etc) last, just passed, to send, to remove, to get rid of, to reduce, to be apart from in space or time, to die (euphemism), to play (a part), (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth, (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker), (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Pinyin
qù
Strokes
5
Frequency
21 of 2500
Words starting with 去Words ending in 去Anywhere in a word