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銷聲匿跡

简销声匿迹 · 繁銷聲匿跡

Mandarin · pinyin xiāo shēng nì jì

to vanish without trace (idiom)
to lie low

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銷: Look up this written character
聲: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
匿: nì · hide; go into hiding
跡: Look up this written character
销: xiāo · melt, fuse; market, sell
声: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
迹: jì · traces, impressions, footprints

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1–1–4–4 · xiao1 sheng1 ni4 ji4

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siu1 sing1 nik1 zik1

Cantonese word readings for 銷聲匿跡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(idiomatic) to keep silent and lie low; to vanish (from the public eye); to disappear from the scene

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