Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Without leaving any traces; without a trace: Describes a state of disappearing completely, leaving no signs or information about one's whereabouts or existence.
   • Without a sign of life: Indicates a prolonged absence during which no communication or evidence of the person's status is provided.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nó đi ngầm ngập từ mấy năm nay. (He left without a trace years ago.)
  • Anh ấy biến mất một cách ngầm ngập. (He disappeared without leaving any traces.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used to emphasize the completeness and mystery of a disappearance, typically for a long duration. It carries a connotation of intentional secrecy or an unexplained vanishing.

Variants and Related Words

• Mất tăm mất tích (idiomatic phrase): to vanish without a trace.
  • Cậu ấy đã mất tăm mất tích. (He has vanished without a trace.)

Synonyms

• Untraceable: Unable to be found or tracked.
• Without a sign of life: Providing no communication or evidence of existence.

Related Idioms

• Đi biệt tăm: to disappear completely.
  • Hắn đi biệt tăm từ dạo ấy. (He vanished completely since then.)

1. Without leaving any traces
   • Nói đi ngầm ngập từ mấy ngày nay
     He had gone without leaving any traces right since many years ago