scatter and disappear like the wind and clouds; disperse without a trace
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
to scatter and vanish; to disperse without a trace
literaryLiterary or formal idiom used to describe people separating, groups disbanding, or things scattering, often with a nostalgic or melancholic tone. Often interchangeable with '云散风流'. Commonly used in written language, especially in literary or historical contexts.
Bì毕
yè业
hòu后
，
tóng同
xué学
men们
gè各
bèn奔
dōng东
xī西
，
zhēn真
shì是
fēng风
liú流
yún云
sàn散
。
After graduation, the classmates went their separate ways, truly scattered and dispersed.
Zhàn战
luàn乱
zhī之
hòu后
，
nà那
ge个
rè热
nao闹
de的
jiā家
zú族
zǎo早
yǐ已
fēng风
liú流
yún云
sàn散
。
After the war, that once bustling family had long since scattered and vanished.
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Xī昔
rì日
de的
fán繁
huá华
，
rú如
jīn今
zhǐ只
shèng剩
fēng风
liú流
yún云
sàn散
de的
huí回
yì忆
。
The prosperity of the past is now only a memory that has vanished like wind and clouds.
Dāng当
nián年
de的
gé革
mìng命
tóng同
zhì志
，
yǒu有
de的
xī牺
shēng牲
，
yǒu有
de的
yuǎn远
zǒu走
，
zuì最
zhōng终
fēng风
liú流
yún云
sàn散
。
Of the former revolutionary comrades, some sacrificed their lives, others went far away, and in the end, they all scattered and disappeared.