vanish like soap bubbles
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu à w é IP à oy à ng, meaning to become like bubbles and shadows, and soon disappear. It comes from Hongbo opera, Chapter 7, 1.
Idiom explanation
Bubbles: blisters.
The origin of Idioms
Guo Moruo's hongboqu Chapter 7 · 1: "because the Yellow River burst its Dyke on June 11, Eastern Henan became a state of Ze, which turned into a bubble."
Idiom usage
The verb object type is used as a predicate to indicate that hope is lost.
vanish like soap bubbles
visit willow and look for flowers -- frequent brothels - wèn liǔ xún huā
literature catered to ordinary citizens - shì mín wén xué