下落不明

xiàluò-bùmíng

idiom #15,360

Meanings

飞机失踪后，乘客下落不明。

Fēijī shīzōng hòu, chéngkè xiàluòbùmíng.

After the plane disappeared, the passengers' whereabouts are unknown.

他已经失踪三天了，至今下落不明。

Tā yǐjīng shīzōng sān tiān le, zhìjīn xiàluòbùmíng.

He has been missing for three days, and his whereabouts remain unknown.

grammar

A subject-predicate idiom: 下落 (whereabouts) + 不明 (not clear). Often used as a predicate directly after a subject, without needing 是.

下 xià

落 luò

不 bù

明 míng