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鱼沉雁杳

yú chén yàn yǎo

4-character word Traditional 魚沉雁杳

What 鱼沉雁杳 means

1. lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)
2. fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact

The characters in 鱼沉雁杳

• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 雁yànwild goose
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

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