泡影

泡

pào

影

yǐng

lit. froth and shadows / fig. illusion / mirage

Characters and words in 泡影

泡

pa̅o = p + ao1

puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces

泡

pào = p + ao4

bubble / foam / blister (i.e. skin bubble) / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to shilly-shally / to hang about / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions

泡 = 包 + 氵 : Pinocchio (p) is very thirsty from visiting the aorta. In the bathroom (ao4) he pulls a bottle of water (氵) out of his colorful bag (包). The water is sparkling (泡) water so it has a lot of bubbles (泡).

泡

pào = p + ao4

bubble; foam / blister / to soak; to steep; to infuse / to dawdle; to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions

影

yǐng = y + (e)ng3

picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace

影 = 彡 + 景 : Maud Younger (y) wants to watch a movie (影) inside of the engine ((e)ng3), but only men are allowed. She doesn't bounce back but instead, being a suffragist, puts on a long, fake Santa beard (彡). She enters to find that the whole movie consists of a still frame of a bonsai tree, a landscape in a pot. Back in the days, the script writers were not so experienced it seems.