lost contact; disappeared without a trace; gone forever
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a kite with a broken string; something or someone lost forever
literaryA metaphor describing someone who disappears without a trace, or something that is gone and cannot be retrieved. It implies a loss of contact and little hope of return.
Tā他
yí移
mín民
hòu后
biàn便
rú如
duàn断
xiàn线
fēng风
zheng筝
，
yǎo杳
wú无
yīn音
xìn信
。
After emigrating, he was like a kite with a broken string, completely out of contact.
Nà那
bǐ笔
jiè借
chū出
qù去
de的
qián钱
，
jiù就
xiàng像
duàn断
xiàn线
fēng风
zheng筝
，
zài再
yě也
shōu收
bù不
huí回
lái来
le了
。
That borrowed money is like a kite with a broken string; we can never get it back.
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Zhàn战
zhēng争
bào爆
fā发
hòu后
，
xǔ许
duō多
qīn亲
rén人
biàn变
chéng成
le了
duàn断
xiàn线
fēng风
zheng筝
。
After the war broke out, many loved ones became like lost kites with broken strings.