人琴俱亡 rén qín jù wàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. death of a close friend

CHARACTERS

人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
琴 qín Chinese lute or guitar
俱 jù all, together; accompany
亡 wàng death, destroyed; lose, perish