子虚乌有

zǐ xū wū yǒu

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Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination

Child Words of 子虚乌有

子
zǐ

son

有
yǒu

to have; there is

虚
xū

emptiness

乌
wū

crow

乌有
wū yǒu

(literary) not to exist; nonexistent; illusory