In vain
Doufu paoying is a Chinese idiom, pronounced "cuuf ú P à oy à ng", which means bubbles in water. It refers to things that are easy to disappear.
Idiom explanation
A bubble in water; a metaphor for something that disappears easily.
Idioms and allusions
[source] in the story of flying pills, farewell in spring, written by Zhang Jing of Ming Dynasty: "listen to me: I sigh that the world is like a bubble, and I laugh at the prosperity in front of me. May it be constant?"
Discrimination of words
Grammar: used as an object; refers to things that are easy to disappear.
Chinese PinYin : ōu fú pào yǐng
In vain
the breeze is light , the moon is bright. fēng qīng yuè lǎng
as easy as to turn one 's hand. yì tóng fǎn zhǎng
be content with staying where one is. gù bù zì fēng
be chained and thrown into prison. láng kāng rù yù
Looking for things from east to West. dōng lāo xī mō