一去不复返 - Zhictionary

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一去不复返

一去不復返

yīqùbùfùfǎn

gone forever

gone forever; gone never to return

离去便不再回来。语本《史记．卷八六．刺客传．荆轲传》：「风萧萧兮易水寒，壮士一去兮不复还。」后用以形容人离去后音讯全无或事物消逝无踪。唐．崔颢〈黄鹤楼〉诗：「黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。」也作「一去不返」。

重編國語辭典

形容人离去后音讯全无或事物消逝无踪

Entry Composition

one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire; whole; all; throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

to go
to go to (a place)
(of a time etc) last
just passed
to send
to remove
to get rid of
to reduce
to be apart from in space or time
to die (euphemism)
to play (a part)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

no longer; not again

Related entries

gone forever (idiom)

gone forever
to die