石沉大海

lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response

surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters

rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]

to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

sea / ocean

surname Hai

ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous