Definition
无影无踪 is a four-character set phrase meaning 'to vanish without a trace'. It describes something that disappears so completely that there is no sign or evidence left — often used for people, objects, or abstract things like hope or a smell. The literal translation is 'without shadow, without trace', but its actual usage always implies total disappearance.
f.e.
to vanish without a traceno sign of anything left
Examples
- ，无影无踪。Jǐngchá gǎndào de shíhou, xiǎotōu yǐjīng pǎo de wú yǐng wú zōng le.By the time the police arrived, the thief had already run off without a trace.
- 无影无踪。Nàge lǎo jiànzhù zài chāi diào zhīhòu biàn xiāoshī de wú yǐng wú zōng.After being demolished, that old building disappeared without a trace.
- 无影无踪。Tā liú xià de nà diǎn xīwàng hěn kuài jiù huà de wú yǐng wú zōng le.The small hope he left behind soon melted away into nothing.
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