| 鱼沉雁杳 |
yú chén yàn yǎo |
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 |
| 鱼 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
| 鱼 |
yú |
fish (CL:条,尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 and octopi 章鱼) |
| 沉 |
chén |
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy |
| 雁 |
yàn |
wild goose |
| 雁 |
yàn |
variant of 雁 |
| 杳 |
yǎo |
dark and quiet / disappear |