湮沒無(wú)聞yān mò wú wénbe buried (by time)and forgotten; fall into (/pass into/sink into/be buried in/be lost in) oblivion (/obscurity); be inglorious; remain in the shadow (/unknown)
? 以史幽探哀萃芳冠首者，蓋主人自言窮探野史，嘗有所見，惜～，而哀群芳之不傳，因筆志之。(魯迅《中國(guó)小說(shuō)史略》220) Shi You-tan (History-obscure-search) and Ai Cui-fang (Lament-all-flowers) head the list because the Master has searched through the obscurities of history and found much interesting master. He laments that all such flowers remain unknown and therefore records these stories. 湮沒無(wú)聞yān mò wú wén湮沒：埋沒；無(wú)聞：沒有人知道。形容名聲和事跡被埋沒，無(wú)人知曉。sink into oblivion, remain in the shadow, sink into the night |