Lingaku- lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
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- to disappear with no hope of returning
This idiom is used to describe a situation where something or someone has vanished completely and there is no chance of their return. It often applies to lost items or people who have gone missing.
He has since disappeared without a trace, as if a clay ox had entered the sea.
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ní niú rù hǎi泥牛入海to disappear without a tracerú如ní niú rù hǎi泥牛入海like a clay ox entering the seaní niú rù hǎi泥牛入海de的xiāo xi消息news that fades away without hopeyī qù bù fù fǎn一去不复返，rú如ní niú rù hǎi泥牛入海once gone, never to return, like a clay ox in the seaní niú rù hǎi泥牛入海de的jié jú结局the outcome of disappearing without a traceshì事rú如ní niú rù hǎi泥牛入海as things go, they vanish without a tracení niú rù hǎi泥牛入海de的bēi jù悲剧the tragedy of disappearing with no chance of return