All was quiet and not a soul was to be seen.
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ù Q í w ú R é n, which means empty, no one. From the book of changes.
The origin of Idioms
Feng in the book of changes: "if you look at the household, there is no one."
Idiom usage
To be empty is to be empty. Why is it that the vast area of 20000 square miles is as vast as no one else. The first chapter of Sun Yat Sen by Huang Zhonghuang
All was quiet and not a soul was to be seen.
It's better to save the cold than heavy fur - jiù hán mò rú chóng qiú
it is much to be regretted that we have not met earlier - xiāng zhī hèn wǎn
Stop the mountain and stop the river - shān zhǐ chuān xíng
Fortune is the beginning of disaster - fú wéi huò shǐ
a wife lifts the tray to a level with her eyebrows to show great respect for her husband - jǔ àn qí méi
honest speech and severe countenance - zhí yán zhèng sè