无影无踪

無影無蹤

wúyǐng-wúzōng

idiom #13,696

Meanings

1 without a trace
2 to vanish completely

Characters

footprint; trail

Examples

那只猫突然消失得无影无踪。

Nà zhī māo tūrán xiāoshī de wúyǐngwúzōng.

That cat suddenly vanished without a trace.

Tips

memory

无影 = no shadow, 无踪 = no trail. If something leaves neither shadow nor footprint, it has completely disappeared.

Stroke Order

无 wú

影 yǐng

踪 zōng