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| Processed by: | richwarm (2011-03-02 01:33:21 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 33493 - submitted by 'ycandau' >> Chinese dicts mostly gloss that as 毫无踪影 (but I am not saying "gone forever" is wrong, the idiom, being empty of sense, may also be used for that). 一個月過去了，伯健和仲康都杳如黃鶴 : clearly they are not gone "forever", they have have gone and there is no news of them. Not sure my def is idiomatic English though, please improve. Editor: MoE: 相似詞: 不知去向、石沉大海、杳無消息 荀於江夏黃鶴樓上休憩，遇一賓客駕鶴自西南雲際間飄然而下。賓主歡對後，客乘鶴辭去，杳然無蹤。典 出南朝梁˙任昉˙述異記˙卷上。後比喻一去不返，無影無蹤。 |
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- 杳如黃鶴 杳如黄鹤 [yao3 ru2 huang2 he4] /to be gone forever (idiom)/ # + 杳如黃鶴 杳如黄鹤 [yao3 ru2 huang2 he4] /to be gone forever (idiom)/to be gone without trace/ + 杳如黃鶴 杳如黄鹤 [yao3 ru2 huang2 he4] /to be gone forever (idiom)/to disappear without a trace/ |