Chinese word dictionary

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

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Word information

Simplified鱼沉雁杳

Traditional魚沉雁杳

Pinyinyú chén yàn yǎo

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Character breakdown

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鱼yú

fish

沉chén

to sink, to submerge; profound, deep

雁yàn

wild goose

杳yǎo

dark, mysterious, obscure; deep

How to learn 鱼沉雁杳

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鱼yú

fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2]); surname Yu

沉chén

to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy; variant of 沉[chen2]

沉默chénmò

taciturn; uncommunicative; silent

沉重chénzhòng

heavy; hard; serious; critical

钓鱼diàoyú

to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

鲨鱼shāyú

shark