泥牛入海 Save Sign in to save words níniúrùhǎi ㄋㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom) fig. to disappear with no hope of returning Character by character 泥(ní)mud 牛(niú)surname Niu 入(rù)enter 海(hǎi)surname Hai A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0