荡然无存

蕩然無存

dàngrán-wúcún

idiom #27,166

Meanings

1 to be completely obliterated
2 to vanish without a trace
3 to be utterly swept away

Characters

to sweep; to wash away; dissolute

so; thus; in such a way

without; not having

to exist; to remain; to store

Examples

战火过后，那座古城荡然无存。

Zhànhuǒ guòhòu, nà zuò gǔchéng dàngránwúcún.

After the war, the ancient city was completely obliterated.

他曾经的骄傲荡然无存。

Tā céngjīng de jiāo'ào dàngránwúcún.

His former pride vanished without a trace.

Tips

memory

荡 suggests something being swept or washed away. Picture a flood wiping a landscape clean — nothing left, 无存 (nothing remains).

Stroke Order

荡 dàng

然 rán

无 wú

存 cún