希望落空

hopes are dashed

to hope / to admire / variant of 稀[xi1]

to wish for / to desire / hope / CL:個|个[ge4]

full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards

15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4]

to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement

to omit; to neglect (to do sth) / to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by

to fail to achieve something / to be fruitless

to fail / to fall through / to come to nothing

to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless

to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing

empty / air / sky / in vain

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time