匿迹

匿跡

nìjì

verb #58,209

Meanings

HSK 6

那个骗子拿到钱以后便匿迹了。

Nàge piànzi nádào qián yǐhòu biàn nìjì le.

Once he had the money, the con man vanished.

HSK 7-9

这种鸟一度在当地匿迹，近几年又重新出现了。

Zhè zhǒng niǎo yídù zài dāngdì nìjì, jìn jǐ nián yòu chóngxīn chūxiàn le.

This bird once vanished from the area, but in recent years it has reappeared.

usage

Mostly met in 销声匿迹 'to fall silent and hide one's traces', to vanish or lie low. On its own it is literary; speech says 躲起来 or 消失.

匿 nì

迹 jì