like a clay ox entering the sea; gone forever
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
to disappear without a trace; to be gone forever
literaryUsed to describe people, objects, or information that once gone, never return or reappear. Often carries a sense of finality or hopelessness.
Tā他
jiè借
le了
qián钱
hòu后
biàn便
rú如
ní泥
niú牛
rù入
hǎi海
，
zài再
yě也
lián联
xì系
bù不
shàng上
le了
。
After borrowing the money, he disappeared like a clay ox entering the sea and could no longer be contacted.
Nà那
bǐ笔
zī资
jīn金
tóu投
rù入
hòu后
biàn便
ní泥
niú牛
rù入
hǎi海
，
méi没
yǒu有
rèn任
hé何
huí回
bào报
。
After the capital was invested, it disappeared without a trace and yielded no returns.
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Wǒ我
fā发
chū出
de的
jǐ几
shí十
fēng封
qiú求
zhí职
xìn信
dōu都
rú如
ní泥
niú牛
rù入
hǎi海
，
méi没
yǒu有
huí回
yīn音
。
The dozens of job application letters I sent out all vanished like a clay ox entering the sea, with no response.
Dí敌
jūn军
yuán援
bīng兵
gāng刚
dào到
，
jiù就
bèi被
hóng洪
shuǐ水
chōng冲
de得
ní泥
niú牛
rù入
hǎi海
。
The enemy reinforcements had just arrived when they were swept away by the flood, gone forever.