我的钱包不翼而飞了。
My wallet disappeared without a trace.
不翼而飞
to disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast
HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 不翼而飛
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而
飞
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不
翼
- 两翼liǎngyìboth wings (of a bird, aircraft or buildinB7
- 小心翼翼xiǎoxīn-yìyì(idiom) cautiousB7
而
- 而且érqiě(not only ...) but alsoB3
- 而érandB4
- 然而rán’érhoweverB4
- 从而cóng’érthusB5
- 反而fǎn’éron the contraryB5
- 因而yīn’érthereforeB5
- 进而jìn’érand thenB6
- 半途而废bàntú’érfèito give up halfway (idiom)B7
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东西又不翼而飞了。
The thing has vanished again.