duàn xiàn fēng zhēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
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Original source entry:

斷線風箏 断线风筝 [duan4 xian4 feng1 zheng1] /a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)/

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