不虚 (不虛) bù xū
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bù xū
phrase
not false
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '不虛' 1) -
bù xū
phrase
not in vain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '不虛' 2)
Contained in
- 不虚此行(不虛此行) the trip has not been made in vain; the trip has been well worthwhile; it's been a worthwhile trip
- 话不虚传(話不虛傳) words that are not false
- 名不虚传(名不虛傳) name is not in vain; a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 6
- 重令第十五 Chapter 15: Important Edicts Guanzi 管子 — count: 4
- 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 4
- 禁藏第五十三 Chapter 53: Jin Cang Guanzi 管子 — count: 3
- 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 3
- 卷十一 齊四 Chapter 11: Qi IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 3
- 卷三十七 唐書13: 明宗本紀三 Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 2
- 君臣上第三十 Chapter 30: A Ruler and his Ministers I Guanzi 管子 — count: 2
- 《游俠列傳》 Biographies of Knight-errants Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 2
- 卷二十八 列傳第十六: 陸俟 源賀 劉尼 薛提 Volume 28 Biographies 16: Lu Si, Yuan He, Liu Ni, Xue Ti History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
Collocations
- 不虚发 (不虛髮) 弓不虛發 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 13
- 不虚行 (不虛行) 令不虛行 — Guanzi 管子, 重令第十五 Chapter 15: Important Edicts — count: 11
- 不虚生 (不虛生) 賢者不虛生 — New Discussions 新語, 卷下 資質第七 至德第八 懷慮第九 本行第十 明誡第十一 思務第十二 Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 道不虚 (道不虛) 道不虛行 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十 兿文志 Volume 30: Treatise on Literature — count: 6
- 弓不虚 (弓不虛) 弓不虛發 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 5
- 不虚言 (不虛言) 不虛言也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十三 朱樂何列傳 Volume 43: Biographies of Zhu, Yue, He — count: 3
- 上不虚 (上不虛) 嬰聞賢人得上不虛 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非儒下 Book 9 - Anti-Confucianism II — count: 3
- 不虚推 (不虛推) 不虛推以為煩也 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 — count: 3
- 不虚见 (不虛見) 不虛見異 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十五 谷永杜鄴傳 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye — count: 3
- 不虚动 (不虛動) 不虛動兮 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3