No. 7,418 in Chinese
蒸发
"蒸发" means "evaporation."
In a sentence
水在加热时会蒸发。
Water evaporates when heated.
The word '蒸发' in this sentence refers to the physical process of evaporation, where liquid water turns into steam.
我的眼泪迅速蒸发了。
My tears evaporated quickly.
Here, '蒸发' is used metaphorically to describe the quick disappearance of tears, not a scientific evaporation.
那个消息就像蒸发了一样，再也没有任何信息。
That information vanished as if it evaporated, without any updates.
'蒸发' in this context is figurative, portraying the notion of disappearance or vanishing without a trace.
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