烏有 [乌－]

Jyutping wu1 jau5
Pinyin wū yǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (literary) not to exist; nonexistent; illusory
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively, literary
    nonexistent person or thing; naught; 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.