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
trad. 魚沉雁杳
Also written 魚沉雁杳【yú chén yàn yǎo】
Characters in this word
4鱼
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Traditional
- 魚
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1545 of 2500
沉
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variant of 沉[chen2]
- Pinyin
- chén
- Traditional
- 沈
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7969 of 2500
雁
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wild goose
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Strokes
- 12
杳
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dark and quiet, disappear
- Pinyin
- yǎo
- Strokes
- 8