下落不明

xiàluò-bùmíng

idiom #15,360

Meanings

HSK 7-9

飞机失踪后，乘客下落不明。

Fēijī shīzōng hòu, chéngkè xiàluò-bùmíng.

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

HSK 7-9

他已经失踪三天了，至今下落不明。

Tā yǐjīng shīzōng sān tiān le, zhìjīn xiàluò-bùmíng.

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