断线风筝
Traditional form:
斷線風箏
Pinyin (reading):
duànxiànfēngzhēng
Definitions:
- a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
Characters:
- 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
- 线 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
- 筝 - guzheng, zither, string instrument
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