无影无踪 (wú yǐng wú zōng) — to vanish without a trace; no sign of anything left

Definition

Examples

• 警察赶到的时候，小偷已经跑得无影无踪了。
  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.
• 那个老建筑在拆掉之后便消失得无影无踪。
  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.
• 他留下的那点希望很快就化得无影无踪了。
  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.