化为泡影 huàwéipàoyǐng to come to nothing Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 化 huà nounverb to change to change; to transform; to convert为 為 wéi verbpreposition to be to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as泡影 pàoyǐng nothing hope or plan that has vanished or failed to materialize; often used in the phrase 成为泡影 chéngwéipàoyǐng to come to nothing or fizzle out