huáng​liáng​mèng

pipe dream

Senses

黄粱梦/ 黃粱夢 huáng​liáng​mèng pipe dream

noun · illusions of wealth and glory; a fleeting dream of success that is quickly shattered, based on the literary allusion to the story of the dream of golden millet

他原本以为能通过投机一夜暴富,结果到头来只是一场黄粱梦。

References

see 黄粱一梦/黃粱一夢 黄粱梦/黃粱夢