泡影 pàoyǐng froth and shadow Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 化为泡影 huàwéipàoyǐng come to nothing (idiom) to come to nothing梦幻泡影 mènghuànpàoyǐng illusion in Buddhist philosophy, the concept that all phenomena are transient and unreal like dreams, phantasms, bubbles, and shadows终成泡影 zhōngchéngpàoyǐng come to nothing to come to nothing