one 's whereabouts is unknown(hóng fēi míng míng)

one 's whereabouts is unknown

Hongfeimingming, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ó NGF ē im í NGM í ng, which means that wild geese fly far into the sky, and hunters can't get it; it means to go far away to avoid disaster. It's from FA Yan Wen Ming.

Idiom explanation

Mingming: far sky; Yiren: Hunter; usurpation: illegal capture, which means hunting.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yangxiong's "Fa Yan Wen Ming" said: "Hong Fei Ming Ming, Yi Ren He usurps Yan?"

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for going away to avoid disaster. Kang Youwei and others had already evaded to the hotel of the six kingdoms. When the military was rough, they slipped out of the capital. They could not be captured. (eighty seven chapters of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xianfu)

Chinese PinYin : hóng fēi míng míng