化为泡影

Traditional: 化為泡影

huà wéi pào yǐng

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to come to nothing

What does 化为泡影 mean?

化为泡影 (huà wéi pào yǐng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to come to nothing

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化huāvariant of 花[hua1]为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 泡pāopuffed; swollen; spongy · small lake (esp. in place names)影yǐngpicture · image

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化为泡影

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