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(idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish

化为乌有
huà wéi wū yǒu
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(idiom) to come to nothing化为泡影huà wéi pào yǐng(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination子虚乌有zǐ xū wū yǒuto disappear; to fade away消失xiāo shīto gain nothing · to end up empty-handed一无所获yī wú suǒ huò(idiom) to melt away; to dissipate涣然冰释huàn rán bīng shìlit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) · fig. to be annihilated · to vanish in a puff of smoke灰飞烟灭huī fēi yān miè
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