销声匿迹 — Chinese idiom
销声匿迹
xiāo shēng nì jì
Traditional: 銷聲匿跡
Meaning
- to vanish without trace
- to lie low
Character by character
- 销xiāoto fuse, to melt; to market, to sell
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 匿nìto hide; to go into hiding
- 迹jìtrace, sign, mark, footprint
Idioms sharing a character
- 黯然销魂 àn rán xiāo hún
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 不声不响 bù shēng bù xiǎng
- 人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
- 唉声叹气 āi shēng tàn qì
- 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
- 大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng
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