终成泡影

to come to nothing (idiom)

end / finish

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

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

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

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

lit. froth and shadows / fig. illusion / mirage

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