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水泡に帰す
Hiragana
すいほうにきす
Verb
Japanese Meaning
努力や計画などが無駄になり、元の状態に戻ってしまうこと。 / 期待していた成果がまったく得られないこと。
Easy Japanese Meaning
がんばってしたことや計画が、むだになってしまうようすをあらわすことば
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
化为泡影 / 付诸东流 / 落空
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
化為泡影 / 化為烏有 / 落空
Korean Meaning
물거품이 되다 / 허사가 되다 / 수포로 돌아가다
Indonesian
menjadi sia-sia / berakhir percuma / gagal total
Vietnamese Meaning
thành công cốc / đổ sông đổ biển / tan thành mây khói
Tagalog Meaning
mauwi sa wala / mabaliwala / maunsyami
Sense（1）
come to nothing
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Seeing years of research come to nothing because of a sudden accident, the researchers were left speechless.
Seeing years of research come to nothing because of a sudden accident, the researchers were left speechless.
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長年の研究が突然の事故で水泡に帰すのを見て、研究者たちは言葉を失った。
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