始于梦也终于梦
[shĭ yú mèng yĕ zhōng yú mèng]
'Started with a dream, ended as a dream', represents something or someone whose significance in one's life was ephemeral and idealistic rather than real and permanent. The term is used to express a certain kind of melancholic realization when looking back at past events, especially those which had started and ended unrealized or unsatisfied.