从此杳无音信
“From that point on, they vanished without a trace.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
将我大唐百姓诱骗到南赵
“luring Great Tang's people into Nanzhao.”
从 此 杳无音信
“From that point on, they vanished without a trace.”
高副使看过卷宗
“Vice Envoy Gao has read the case files.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical and legal contexts, officials routinely use four-character idioms like this to concisely describe serious matters such as missing persons.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to disappear without a trace; to have no news whatsoever
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used when someone or something has vanished completely without any correspondence or information.
from then on; ever since
Commonly used in formal narration or storytelling to mark the starting point of an ongoing state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“After that, there was no further word.”
“From then on, ten years passed without a word.”
“No one will weave grasshoppers for me anymore.”
“but still hasn't replied up to this moment.”
“There has been no word from him to this day.”
“and I haven't heard from you at all. You even avoided me on purpose.”