化為泡影
huà​wéi​pào​yǐng

to come to nothing

  • created reference approved 化为泡影/化為泡影 → 泡影 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    化为泡影 / 化為泡影 huà​wéi​pào​yǐng

    泡影 pào​yǐng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 化为泡影/化為泡影 · huà​wéi​pào​yǐng · to come to nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    化为泡影 / 化為泡影

    huà​wéi​pào​yǐng

    to come to nothing

    to disappear completely; used to describe hopes or plans that vanish like bubbles and shadows

    化 (literal) → 化 · huà · to change 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 泡影 (literal) → 泡影 · pào​yǐng · nothing

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense