Thereafter, however, as the Chinese music scene became more diversified, new artists pushed the old aside, and Teng faded. Living abroad, she rarely made public appearances.
爾後，因華人社會風起雲湧出更多元的流行音樂，後浪推前浪，小鄧逐漸淡出歌壇，旅居海外，甚少公開露面。