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杳
杳
yao3
 
- dark and quiet; disappear
 
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8 | 
| radical | 
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4 | 
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雁杳鱼沉
雁杳魚沈
yan4 yao3 yu2 chen2
 
- without news from sb (idiom)
 
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杳霭
杳靄
yao3 ai3
 
- far and deep
 
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杳茫
杳茫
yao3 mang2
 
- distant and out of sight
 
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杳渺
杳渺
yao3 miao3
 
- dimly discernible
 
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杳眇
杳眇
yao3 miao3
 
- variant of 杳渺
 
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杳冥
杳冥
yao3 ming2
 
- dim and dusky; far and indistinct
 
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杳然
杳然
yao3 ran2
 
- quiet, silent, and lonely; far and indistinct; gone without a trace
 
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杳如黄鹤
杳如黃鶴
yao3 ru2 huang2 he4
 
- to be gone forever (idiom); to disappear without a trace
 
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杳无人烟
杳無人煙
yao3 wu2 ren2 yan1
 
- dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted; God-forsaken
 
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杳无消息
杳無消息
yao3 wu2 xiao1 xi1
 
- see 杳無音信|杳无音信
 
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杳无音信
杳無音信
yao3 wu2 yin1 xin4
 
- to have no news whatever
 
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杳杳
杳杳
yao3 yao3
 
- deep and somber; see also 窈窈
 
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鱼沉雁杳
魚沉雁杳
yu2 chen2 yan4 yao3
 
- lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive; lost in transmission