化為烏有 [－为乌－]

Jyutping faa3 wai4 wu1 jau5
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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to go up in smoke; to vanish
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    辛苦​做出​嚟​嘅​嘢​一瞬​間​全部​消失​；​希望​完全​落空
    to be reduced to nothing; to disintegrate
    • 佢苦心經營咗廿年嘅公司，一晚就化為烏有。
      佢苦心经营咗廿年嘅公司，一晚就化为乌有。
      keoi5 fu2 sam1 ging1 jing4 zo2 jaa6 nin4 ge3 gung1 si1, jat1 maan5 zau6 faa3 wai4 wu1 jau5
      The company that he had worked for twenty years has disintegrated in one night.
    • 一切努力都化為烏有。
      一切努力都化为乌有。
      jat1 cai3 nou5 lik6 dou1 faa3 wai4 wu1 jau5.
      All our hard work becomes nothing.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to vanish; to come to nothing
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    化为乌有
    化為烏有
    faa3 wai4 wu1 jau5
    • to disintegrate
  2. Cantonese
    佢苦心经营咗廿年嘅公司，一晚就化为乌有。
    佢苦心經營咗廿年嘅公司，一晚就化為烏有。
    keoi5 fu2 sam1 ging1 jing4 zo2 jaa6 nin4 ge3 gung1 si1, jat1 maan5 zau6 faa3 wai4 wu1 jau5
    • The company that he had worked for twenty years has disintegrated in one night.
  3. Cantonese
    一切努力都化为乌有。
    一切努力都化為烏有。
    jat1 cai3 nou5 lik6 dou1 faa3 wai4 wu1 jau5.
    • All our hard work becomes nothing.