📖 Meaning
Means having absolutely no news or information about someone or something. It describes a situation where all communication has ceased and no trace or word can be found. It is commonly used when someone has gone missing or lost contact entirely.
📜 Origin Story
This phrase appears in Wu Yunduo's autobiographical work 'Dedicate Everything to the Party' (把一切献给党), in the chapter 'New Task.' Wu Yunduo was a renowned weapons engineer during the Chinese revolutionary era. In the passage, after sunset, comrades lit lanterns and torches, parting clusters of wild grass to search, yet the artillery shells remained completely without trace. The idiom conveys the sense of something vanishing without the slightest clue or word.
💡 Example Usage
他离家出走后便渺无音讯，家人四处寻找也毫无头绪。
After he ran away from home, there was no news of him at all, and his family searched everywhere without a clue.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 渺无音讯
- Pinyin: miǎo wú yīn xùn
- Literal Translation: vague, without, sound, news
- Category: Communication
- Characters: 4