化为乌有

huà wéi wū yǒu

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1. to go up in smoke; to vanish

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Child Words of 化为乌有

• 化 化 huà: to make into
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 为 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 为 wèi: because of
• 乌 乌 wū: crow
• 乌有 乌有 wū yǒu: (literary) not to exist; nonexistent; illusory