泥牛入海

níniúrùhǎi

like clay oxen entering the sea —never to be heard of again; gone forever

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lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning

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泥牛入海|泥牛入海 [ní niú rù hǎi] ► lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning