空歡喜
hung1 fun1 hei2kōng huān xǐinferred
English
- to have a let-down feeling; to rejoice too soon that the result is not as expected
粵語 — Cantonese
- 因為一啲未發生嘅事開心，但係件事唔符合預期發展，之後變得失落
Examples
中咗六合彩又唔見咗張飛，真係空歡喜一場。
I won the Mark Six lottery but lost the ticket - it looks like I celebrated too soon.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk