人琴俱亡

rén qín jù wáng

person and lute have both vanished (idiom)

death of a close friend

人

rén

person; people

琴

qín

guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither)

俱

jù

(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception

亡

wáng

old variant of 亡[wang2]