化为乌有 — Chinese idiom
化为乌有
huà wéi wū yǒu
Traditional: 化為烏有
Meaning
- to go up in smoke; to vanish
Character by character
- 化huàto change, to convert, to reform; -ize
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 乌wūcrow, rook, raven; black, dark
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
Idioms sharing a character
- 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
- 出神入化 chū shén rù huà
- 化整为零 huà zhěng wéi líng
- 化敌为友 huà dí wéi yǒu
- 化为泡影 huà wéi pào yǐng
- 化险为夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí
- 春风化雨 chūn fēng huà yǔ
- 泥古不化 nì gǔ bù huà
- 蜕化变质 tuì huà biàn zhì
- 变化无常 biàn huà wú cháng
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