What does 不翼而飞 mean in Chinese?
不翼而飞 (búyì’érfēi) means to disappear without trace.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
不翼而飞
to disappear without trace
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to disappear without trace
02
to vanish all of a sudden
03
to spread fast
04
to spread like wildfire
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
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How do you pronounce 不翼而飞?
不翼而飞 is pronounced búyì’érfēi.
Is 不翼而飞 an HSK word?
不翼而飞 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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