# 不翼而飞 (bùyì'érfēi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不翼而飞 (bùyì'érfēi) means “to disappear without a trace; to spread like wildfire”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to disappear without a trace; to spread like wildfire
- Pinyin: bùyì'érfēi (bu4 yi4 er2 fei1)
- Traditional: 不翼而飛
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 放在桌子上的钱包不翼而飞了。
  Fàng zài zhuōzi shàng de qiánbāo bùyì'érfēi le.
  The wallet on the table disappeared without a trace.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [翼](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-wing/) (yì): wing
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- [飞](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-fly/) (fēi): to fly

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-yi-er-fei-disappear-without-trace/

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