杳
yǎo
Pinyin

Definition

杳
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yǎo
  1. dark and quiet
  2. disappear

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

杳无音信
yǎo wú yīn xìn
  1. 1 to have no news whatever
杳杳
yǎo yǎo
  1. 1 deep and somber
  2. 2 see also: 窈窈 yǎo yǎo
杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
杳无消息
yǎo wú xiāo xī
杳然
yǎo rán
  1. 1 quiet, silent, and lonely
  2. 2 far and indistinct
  3. 3 gone without a trace

Idioms (4)

杳如黄鹤
yǎo rú huáng hè
  1. 1 to be gone forever (idiom)
  2. 2 to disappear without a trace
杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén
  1. 1 without news from sb (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
  1. 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
  2. 2 lost in transmission

Sample Sentences

他显然因此种阳刚和阴柔之分而感到自豪。其实东坡之词何尝都是“大江东去”？“笑渐不闻声渐杳，多情却被无情恼”；“绣帘开，一点明月窥人”；这些词句，恐怕也只合十七八女郎曼声低唱吧？
tā xiǎnran yīn cǐzhǒng yánggāng hé yīnróu zhīfēn ér gǎndào zìháo 。qíshí Dōngpō zhī cí hécháng dōu shì “dà jiāng dōng qù ”？“xiào jiàn bù wén shēng jiàn yǎo ，duōqíng què bèi wúqíng nǎo ”；“xiùlián kāi ，yīdiǎn míngyuè kuī rén ”；zhèxiē cí jù ，kǒngpà yě zhǐ hé shíqī bā nǚláng màn shēng dī chàng ba ？
He clearly felt proud of this kind of distinction between masculine and feminine, but actually it's not like Su Dongpo's ci are all like 'The River Surges Eastward'". Wouldn't lines of poetry like, "Gradually, the laughter within the walls faded, and the passersby dispersed. As if one's passion was injured by the ruthlessness of a young girl." and "Through the embroidered curtain, the moon steals a furtive glance at her." also maybe only be appropriate for young girls of 17 or 18 to sing in modest voices?
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哦，如果说了得去洗澡了，然后洗着洗着就像死在了浴室一样，再也杳无音信，你也就拉倒吧。最值得拉到黑名单的就是，明明应该已经死在了浴室，却突然更新了朋友圈。
ò ，rúguǒ shuō le děi qù xǐzǎo le ，ránhòu xǐ zhe xǐ zhe jiù xiàng sǐ zài le yùshì yīyàng ，zàiyě yǎowúyīnxìn ，nǐ yě jiù lādǎo ba 。zuì zhídé lādào hēimíngdān de jiùshì ，míngmíng yīnggāi yǐjīng sǐ zài le yùshì ，què tūrán gēngxīn le péngyou quān 。
Oh, if they say they have to go shower, then keep washing and washing, so it seems like they must have died in the bathtub, and if there is still no news, then you should just let it go. The most deserving thing to be put on the blacklist is that he should, by rights, already have died in the bathtub, but then they suddenly has a new update on Moments.
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还有好几本，但这不是重点。我怀上你以后，有一天他听说罗布泊发现有生命迹象，第二天他就心一横，留下一封信就丢下我们全家，独自去了罗布泊，从此杳无音信！是死是活都不知道。这像是一个有良心的丈夫和父亲做的事吗？我一辈子都不会原谅他！
hái yǒu hǎo jǐ běn ，dàn zhè bù shì zhòngdiǎn 。wǒ huáishàng nǐ yǐhòu ，yǒu yī tiān tā tīngshuō Luóbùpō fāxiàn yǒu shēngmìng jìxiàng ，dì èr tiān tā jiù xīn yī héng ，liúxià yī fēng xìn jiù diūxià wǒmen quánjiā ，dúzì qù le Luóbùpō ，cóngcǐ yǎowúyīnxìn ！shì sǐ shì huó dōu bù zhīdào 。zhè xiàng shì yī ge yǒu liángxīn de zhàngfu hé fùqin zuò de shì ma ？wǒ yībèizi dōu bùhuì yuánliàng tā ！
There are lots of others. But that's not the important thing. After I got pregnant with you, he heard one day that traces of life had been discovered in the Lop Nor. The next day, he left us a letter and rushed off. He abandoned our family and went on his own to the Lop Nor. And there's never been a sign of him since! We don't even know if he's alive or dead. Does that seem like something a good husband and father would do? I'll never forgive him!
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