无影无踪 (wú yǐng wú zōng) — to vanish without a trace; no sign of anything left
Definition
A chengyu meaning 'vanished without a trace' — both shadow and footprints are gone. Pairs with 得 to describe a complete disappearance.
idiom
to vanish without a traceno sign of anything left
Examples
- ，无影无踪。Jǐng chá gǎn dào de shí hou, xiǎo tōu yǐ jīng pǎo dé wú yǐng wú zōng le.By the time the police arrived, the thief had already run off without a trace.
- 无影无踪。Nà ge lǎo jiàn zhù zài chāi diào zhī hòu biàn xiāo shī dé wú yǐng wú zōng.After being demolished, that old building disappeared without a trace.
- 无影无踪。Tā liú xià de nà diǎn xī wàng hěn kuài jiù huà dé wú yǐng wú zōng le.The small hope he left behind soon melted away into nothing.
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