shattered dream; broken dream
A fixed expression for a dream or hope that has been destroyed or left unfulfilled. Often used in literary or emotional contexts.
He left his hometown with a shattered dream in his heart.
The accident turned his Olympic participation into a broken dream.
A compound of 破れた (yabureta, 'torn, broken') and 夢 (yume, 'dream'). The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a natural collocation in Japanese.