匿迹 (nì jì) — to go into hiding, to disappear without a trace

Definition

Literary/formal verb meaning to vanish without a trace — a criminal fleeing or a recluse withdrawing from public life. More literary than the everyday 消失 ('disappear'), and stronger, implying deliberate concealment rather than simply fading away.

verb

to go into hidingto disappear without a trace

Examples

匿迹，。
Duō nián yǐ qián tā biàn nì jì shān lín, zài yě bú wèn shì shì.
Many years ago he went into hiding in the mountains and stopped caring about worldly affairs.
匿迹，。
Zuì fàn zuò àn hòu lì kè nì jì, jǐng fāng zhì jīn wèi néng zhǎo dào tā.
The criminal went into hiding immediately after committing the crime, and the police still haven't been able to find him.
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Tā zǎo jiù nì le jì, shuí yě bù zhī dào tā qù le nǎ lǐ.
He had long since gone into hiding; no one knows where he went.

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