梦幻泡影

夢幻泡影

mènghuàn-pàoyǐng

idiom

Meanings

1 a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow
2 something illusory and fleeting
3 hopes that come to nothing

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Examples

HSK 7-9

他发财的计划最后都成了梦幻泡影。

Tā fācái de jìhuà zuìhòu dōu chéng le mènghuàn-pàoyǐng.

His plans to get rich all came to nothing in the end.

HSK 7-9

佛教认为，世间的名利不过是梦幻泡影。

Fójiào rènwéi, shìjiān de mínglì búguò shì mènghuàn-pàoyǐng.

Buddhism holds that worldly fame and fortune are no more than dreams and bubbles.

Tips

history

From the closing verse of the 《金刚经》 "Diamond Sutra": 一切有为法，如梦幻泡影，如露亦如电 "all conditioned things are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, like dew and like lightning".

Stroke Order

梦 mèng

幻 huàn

泡 pào

影 yǐng