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人間蒸發

简人间蒸发 · 繁人間蒸發

Mandarin · pinyin rén jiān zhēng fā

to vanish
to disappear from the face of the earth

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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蒸: zhēng · steam; evaporate
發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
间: jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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2–1–1–1 · ren2 jian1 zheng1 fa1

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jan4 gaan1 zing1 faat3

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(idiomatic) inexplicably out of sight; to vanish into thin air

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