泥牛入海
Traditional form:
泥牛入海
Pinyin (reading):
níniúrùhǎi
Definitions:
- lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
Characters:
- 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 牛 - ox, cow, bull
- 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
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