| 断线风筝 |
duàn xiàn fēng zhēng |
a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) |
| 断 |
duàn |
to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly |
| 断线 |
duàn xiàn |
(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off |
| 线 |
xiàn |
variant of 线 |
| 线 |
xiàn |
thread / string / wire / line / CL:条,股,根 / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |
| 风筝 |
fēng zheng |
kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.) |
| 筝 |
zhēng |
see 古筝 |