虚
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Definitions
- 1. emptiness
- 2. void
- 3. abstract theory or guiding principles
- 4. empty or unoccupied
- 5. diffident or timid
- 6. false
- 7. humble or modest
- 8. (of health) weak
- 9. virtual
- 10. in vain
Words Containing 虚
to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
hollow
false
false
imaginary
weak
open-minded
to imagine; to make up
vanity
to make up
modest
the trip has not been made in vain
to take advantage of weakness
to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
Switched Virtual Circuit
to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
conjugate imaginary number (math)
to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)
lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation
facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)
(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination
lit. a banquet with no empty seats
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
to exist in name only
to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
lacking in confidence
vain
see 所言非虛|所言非虚[suǒ yán fēi xū]
(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true
deliberately mystifying
see 此言非虛|此言非虚[cǐ yán fēi xū]
that is true
deficiency of 氣|气[qì] (TCM)
Permanent Virtual Circuit
to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents
(intentionally) mysterious; arcane
to feel weak
to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing
background blurring (photography)
depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
to reserve a seat
false but apparently real
virtual image
false reputation
to misreport
fabricated
people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
what is true and what is false
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
to fritter away (one's time)
to waste time on worthless activities
(false) bravado
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
modest and studious (idiom)
false friendship; hypocritical show of affection
see 虛應故事|虚应故事[xū yìng gù shì]
to go through the motions
receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
to partially obscure
(TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang
virtual private network (VPN)
virtual machine
virtual reality
virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)
virtual environment
virtual private network (VPN)
virtual network
subjunctive mood (grammar)
virtual connection
imaginary number
dead letter
empty formality
imaginary star (in astrology)
looks impressive but is worthless (idiom)
vanity
fiction
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[lì chūn] each year, rather than on one's birthday.
excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM)
nothingness
nihilism
null hypothesis (statistics)
unreal
to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
void
Akasagarbha Bodhisattva
virtual particle
dotted line
white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
nominal position
to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood)
empty wrist (method of painting)
to feign civility (idiom)
hard to tell if it's real or sham
empty words
tricky and hypocritical
(linguistics) function word
to boast
false
false alert
imaginary reputation
virtual circuit
to play tricks
light and airy
false alarm
(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
deficiency of yin 陰|阴[yīn] (TCM)
an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
deficiency of yang 陽|阳[yáng] (TCM)