「不翼而飛」
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| Pronunciation： | bat1 jik6 ji4 fei1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
不 no; negator; not 翼 wing; wing of an animal; side, flank of army 而 and; as well as; moreover; but 飛 to fly; hooligan; hoodlum; to float; to travel by plane; to throw; to toss; to fling; to skip; to remove; to dump someone; ticket |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
(of an object) to disappear without a trace; to vanish into thin air; literally: to be wingless and yet flying or airborne
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