不翼而飞/不翼而飛 bù yì ér fēi — to disappear without trace

Meanings

1. 1

   to disappear without trace

   to disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast; to spread like wildfire

   verb

Character breakdown

• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一
• 飞/飛

  fēi (first tone, high and level)

  to fly; to flit, to dart; swiftly, at speed

  3 strokesRadical 飛

Words containing 不

• 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
• 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
• 不错/不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
• 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
• 不断/不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
• 不过/不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
• 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
• 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
• 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
• 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
• 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
• 不够/不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
• 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
• 不仅/不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)

Words containing 飞

• 飞/飛fēi (first tone, high and level)to fly
• 飞机/飛機fēijī (first tone, high and level)aeroplane, plane
• 飞行/飛行fēi (first tone, high and level) xíng (second tone, rising)(of planes etc) to fly
• 起飞/起飛qǐfēi (third tone, dipping)to take off (of an aircraft)
• 飞船/飛船fēi (first tone, high and level) chuán (second tone, rising)spaceship
• 飞行员/飛行員fēi (first tone, high and level) xíng (second tone, rising) yuán (second tone, rising)pilot
• 飞往/飛往fēi (first tone, high and level) wǎng (third tone, dipping)Go to
• 飞翔/飛翔fēi (first tone, high and level) xiáng (second tone, rising)to fly
• 飞跃/飛躍fēi (first tone, high and level) yuè (fourth tone, falling)to leap
• 飞速/飛速fēi (first tone, high and level) sù (fourth tone, falling)swift
• 飞禽走兽/飛禽走獸fēi (first tone, high and level) qín (second tone, rising) zǒu (third tone, dipping) shòu (fourth tone, falling)birds and animals