created sense approved 泡影 · pàoyǐng · mirage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
泡影
pàoyǐng
mirage
bubble and shadow; a metaphor for the impermanence and illusory nature of all things, as used in Buddhist scripture
泡 (literal) → 泡 · pào · bubble 影 (literal) → 影 · yǐng · shadow
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 泡影 · pàoyǐng · nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
泡影
pàoyǐng
nothing
hope or plan that has vanished or failed to materialize; often used in the phrase [[成为泡影|成為泡影|cheng2 wei2 pao4 ying3]] to come to nothing or fizzle out
泡 (literal) → 泡 · pào · bubble 影 (literal) → 影 · yǐng · trace
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition