化为泡影

huà wéi pào yǐng

定義

1. to come to nothing (idiom)

化为泡影 の構成語

• 化 huà: to make into
• 泡 pāo: puffed; swollen; spongy
• 泡 pào: bubble; foam
• 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 wèi: because of
• 影 yǐng: picture
• 泡影 pào yǐng: lit. froth and shadows