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不翼而飞

bù yì ér fēi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 不翼而飛

不翼而飞 (bù yì ér fēi) means "to disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不翼而飞 means

1. to disappear without trace
2. to vanish all of a sudden
3. to spread fast
4. to spread like wildfire

The characters in 不翼而飞

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 翼yìwing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 飞fēito fly

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