鱼沉雁杳

yú chén yàn yǎo

lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)

fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact

fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])

chén

variant of 沉[chen2]

yàn

variant of 雁[yan4]

yǎo

dark and quiet