杳如黄鹤

Traditional form:

杳如黃鶴

Pinyin (reading):

yǎorúhuánghè

Definitions:

• to be gone forever (idiom)
• to disappear without a trace

Characters:

• 杳 - dark, mysterious, obscure; deep
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 鹤 - crane; Grus species (various)

Traditional characters:

• 杳 - dark, mysterious, obscure; deep
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 鶴 - crane; Grus species (various)