不知去向

Mandarin · pinyin bù zhī qù xiàng

Meanings

  1. whereabouts unknown
  2. gone missing
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
知
zhī · know, perceive, comprehend
去
qù · go away, leave, depart
向
xiàng · toward, direction, trend
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4–1–4–4 · bu4 zhi1 qu4 xiang4

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bat1 zi1 heoi3 hoeng3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to not know where someone or something went

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