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
鱼
yú
fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])
沉
chén
variant of 沉[chen2]
雁
yàn
variant of 雁[yan4]
杳
yǎo
dark and quiet