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活不见人死不见尸

/ huó bú jiàn rén sǐ bú jiàn shī /
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Collocation

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活不见人,死不见尸的……
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仍活不见人,死不见尸
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一直活不见人,死不见尸
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要活不见人,死不见尸
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活不见人,死不见尸的案件
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……活不见人,死不见尸

Definition

活不见人,死不见尸

Literally means:

no one can find somebody whether he is alive or no

Actually means:

a missing person cannot be found

It literally means that no one can find somebody he is alive, or his corpse if he is dead. It figuratively means that somebody is missing, and no one knows whether he is alive or not. Often used when a missing person cannot be found.

如果是活着,却没见到人影;要说是死了,也没看见尸体。比喻某人下落不明,不知道是还活 着还是已经死了。多用于某人失踪后一直没 有消息。

Example

Used as a minor sentence or attributive. (作小句、定语)
1
Zhè
tiáo
yòu
kuān
yòu
shēn
  
,
yǒude
有的
fāng
地方
shuǐliú
水流
hěn
  
,
cóng
zhè
这里
tōu
偷渡
de
rén
  
,
duōbàn
多半
shì
huó
jiàn
rén
  
,
jiàn
不见
shī
  
,
chénggōng
成功
yóu
dào
duìàn
对岸
de
hěn
shǎo
  

The river is wide and deep, some places the water flow is very urgent, from here people smuggling, most of them are not alive, dead body, successfully swim to the other side of the very few.

2
Zhè
nián
duō
lái
  
,
men
他们
zài
zhōuwéi
周围
500
500
gōng
公里
de
fànwéi
范围
nèi
zhǎo
le
hǎo
好几
biàn
  
,
xiǎomáo
小毛
háishi
还是
huó
jiàn
rén
  
,
jiàn
不见
shī
  

Over the past year, they have looked around 500 kilometers several times, Xiao Mao still live no one, dead body.

3
Jǐnguǎn
尽管
dāng
当地
gōngān
公安
mén
部门
huā
le
shǎo
不少
qi
力气
  
,
dànshì
但是
zhè
liǎng
huó
jiàn
rén
  
,
jiàn
不见
shī
de
ànjiàn
案件
zhí
一直
méiyǒu
没有
jìnzhǎn
进展
  

Despite the efforts of the local public security department, but these two cases of no one alive, dead body has not progressed.