- 化为泡影 huàwéipàoyǐng to come to nothingto disappear completely; used to describe hopes or plans that vanish like bubbles and shadows
- 梦幻泡影 mènghuànpàoyǐng pipe dream; illusion(literary) an empty dream or illusion; specifically a Buddhist metaphor for the fleeting and unreal nature of the world, like dreams, magic, bubbles, and shadows
- 成为泡影 chéngwéipàoyǐng to come to nothingto end in nothing; to vanish like soap bubbles; to fizzle out
- 终成泡影 zhōngchéngpàoyǐng to come to nothing(idiom) to come to naught; to vanish like a bubble; to end up in smoke
