泥牛入海 — “To disappear completely and irreversibly”
泥牛入海 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to disappear completely and irreversibly”. To vanish without a trace, never to return. Literally, “Mud ox enters the sea”.
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泥牛入海 Pronunciation and Pinyin
泥牛入海 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 泥牛入海
他一离开家乡，就像泥牛入海，从此再也没有任何消息。
Once he left his hometown, he was like a mud ox that had fallen into the sea; there was no news of him ever since.
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- nì泥gǔ古bù不huà化rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
- nì泥gǔ古shǒu守jiù旧cling to old ways
- nì泥gǔ古zhí执jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
- nì泥gǔ古jū拘fāng方dogmatically cling to outdated conventions
- nì泥gǔ古wéi违jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient ways
- nì泥gǔ古fēi非jīn今Adhere to ancient, reject modern
- nì泥míng名shī失shí实cling to empty reputation, disregard reality
- ní泥sù塑mù木diāo雕stiff and expressionless like a dummy
- ní泥duō多fó佛dà大More input, greater achievement
- ní泥shā沙jù俱xià下good and bad mixed together
- ní泥zhū猪wǎ瓦gǒu狗lowly, vulgar, or contemptible person
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What does 泥牛入海 mean?
泥牛入海 (ní niú rù hǎi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to disappear completely and irreversibly”.
How do you pronounce 泥牛入海?
泥牛入海 is pronounced ní niú rù hǎi in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 泥牛入海 literally mean?
Literally, 泥牛入海 means “Mud ox enters the sea”. It is used to mean “to disappear completely and irreversibly”.
What is the Chinese definition of 泥牛入海?
泥塑的牛掉到海里。比喻一去不再回来。