化为乌有 huà wéi wū yǒu

DEFINITIONS

  1. to go up in smoke
  2. to vanish

CHARACTERS

化 huà change, convert, reform; -ize
为 wéi do, handle, govern, act; be
乌 wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark
有 yǒu have, own, possess; exist