荡然

Traditional form:

蕩然

Pinyin (reading):

dàngrán

Definitions:

• vanished from the face of the earth
• all gone
• nothing left

Characters:

• 荡 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
• 然 - certainly; naturally; suddenly

Traditional characters:

• 蕩 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
• 然 - certainly; naturally; suddenly