销声匿迹

銷聲匿跡
xiāoshēngnìjì
  1. to vanish without trace (idiom)
  2. to lie low

CEDICT

to keep silent and lie low; to vanish (from the public eye); to disappear from the scene

Wiktionary

不再公开讲话，不再公开出现、露面，隐藏起来

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 销 xiāo
  1. to melt (metal)
  2. to cancel; to annul
  3. to sell
  4. to expend; to spend
  5. pin; bolt
  6. to fasten with a pin or bolt
2 声 shēng
  1. sound
  2. voice
  3. tone
  4. noise
  5. reputation
  6. classifier for sounds
3 匿迹 nìjì to go into hiding

Related entries

避风头 bìfēngtou to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
避风 bìfēng
  1. to take shelter from the wind
  2. to lie low
  3. to stay out of trouble
隐伏 yǐnfú
  1. to hide
  2. to lie low
你只好隐伏几个星期。

You'd better lie low for a few weeks.

Source: Tatoeba

埋伏 máifú
  1. to ambush
  2. to lie in wait for
  3. to lie low
  4. ambush
江枫逃跑了，后来月奴生了两个儿子，但是他们中了十二生肖的埋伏，两个移花宫的公主突然来了，她们逼月奴自杀，不久后江枫也自杀了。

Jiang Feng escaped and afterwards Yuenu gave birth to two boys, but the 12 zodiacs had been lying in wait and ambushed them. Suddenly two princesses from Yihua Palace appeared. They made Yuenu kill herself, and shortly after, Jiang Feng committed suicide.

Source: Tatoeba

敛迹 liǎnjì
  1. to refrain
  2. to give up evil (temporarily)
  3. to cover one's traces
  4. to lie low
  5. to retire (from view)
伏 fú
  1. to lean over
  2. to fall (go down)
  3. to hide (in ambush)
  4. to conceal oneself
  5. to lie low
  6. hottest days of summer
  7. to submit
  8. to concede defeat
  9. to overcome
  10. to subdue
  11. volt
隐藏 yǐncáng
  1. to hide
  2. to conceal
  3. to mask
  4. to shelter
  5. to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden)
  6. to hide oneself
  7. to lie low
  8. to nestle
  9. hidden
  10. implicit
  11. private
  12. covert
  13. recessed (lighting)
泳池被隱藏在地板之下。

The swimming pool is hidden under the floor.

Source: Tatoeba