子虚乌有

zǐ xū wū yǒu

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

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Child Words of 子虚乌有

• 子 子 zǐ: son
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 虚 虚 xū: emptiness
• 乌 乌 wū: crow
• 乌有 乌有 wū yǒu: (literary) not to exist; nonexistent; illusory