虚 (虛) xū

1. xū adjective empty; devoid of content; void
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '虛' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '虛' 1, p. 514; Unihan '虛')
2. xū adjective false
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 弄虚作假 'to practice fraud' (CCI p. 24; Guoyu '虛' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '虛' 4, p. 514; Unihan '虛')
3. xū noun hill; mound
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Guoyu '虛' n 1; Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514)
4. xū proper noun Xu; Barrens
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Name of one of the 28 lunar lodgings (Guoyu '虛' n 7; Kroll 2015 '虛' 7, p. 514)
5. xū noun ruins
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514)
6. xū noun empty space
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 空间 (Guoyu '虛' n 2)
7. xū noun a hole; a void
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 空隙 (Guoyu '虛' n 3; Unihan '虛')
8. xū noun the sky
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 天空 (Guoyu '虛' n 5; Kroll 2015 '虛' 3, p. 514)
9. xū noun weakness
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 弱势 (Guoyu '虛' n 4)
10. xū adjective sparse; rare
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 稀少 (Kroll 2015 '虛' 2, p. 514)
11. xū adjective weak; not substantial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 虚弱 (Guoyu '虛' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '虛' 2a, p. 514)
12. xū noun a direction
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 方位; for example 四虚 the four directions (Guoyu '虛' n 6)
13. xū adjective flustered
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 心慌 (Guoyu '虛' adj 5)
14. xū adjective modest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 谦虚 (Guoyu '虛' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '虛' 6, p. 514)
15. xū verb to empty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 使空 (Guoyu '虛' v 1)
16. xū adverb in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; wasted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 白白地 (Guoyu '虛' adv; Kroll 2015 '虛' 5, p. 514)
17. xū noun death
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '虛' 1b, p. 514)

Contained in

• 虚脱(虛脫) to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood); heat exhaustion
• 脾虚(脾虛) depletion of the spleen
• 虚拟环境(虛擬環境) virtual environment
• 虚电路(虛電路) virtual circuit; VC
• 弄虚作假(弄虛作假) to practice fraud; by trickery
• 虚静(虛靜) serene
• 虚妄(虛妄) illusory
• 虚文(虛文) an empty formality; a dead letter; a rule no longer in force
• 虚客族(虛客族) people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries
• 虚像(虛像) virtual image
• 以虚带实(以虛帶實) to let correct ideology guide practical work
• 虚发(虛發) to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
• 弹无虚发(彈無虛發) the bullets will not be shot for nothing
• 虚诳(虛誑) to deceive; to cheat
• 虚誉(虛譽) imaginary reputation; empty fame
• 故弄玄虚(故弄玄虛) deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily complicated
• 虚伪类真(虛偽類真) false but apparently real
• 虚岁(虛歲) traditional Asian method of calculating age
• 虚度(虛度) to fritter away (one's time)
• 虚头(虛頭) to play tricks; to deceive
• 心虚(心虛) lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience
• 虚张声势(虛張聲勢) (false) bravado; to bluff
• 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
• 虚构小说(虛構小說) fiction
• 虚损(虛損) consumptive disease
• 虚星(虛星) imaginary star
• 深藏若虚(深藏若虛) to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it; modest about one's talents
• 虚幻(虛幻) imaginary; illusory
• 徒拥虚名(徒擁虛名) to possess an undeserved reputation
• 乘虚(乘虛) to take advantage of weakness
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后(虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後) Modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong)
• 共轭虚数(共軛虛數) conjugate imaginary number
• 虚惊(虛驚) false alarm; panic rumor
• 就虚避实(就虛避實) strike at what is weak and avoid what is strong
• 玄虚(玄虛) deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable
• 避实就虚(避實就虛) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
• 虚心好学(虛心好學) modest and studious
• 虚线(虛線) a dotted line
• 虚度光阴(虛度光陰) to waste time on worthless activities
• 虚言(虛言) empty words; false words
• 虚应故事(虛應故事) to go through the motions
• 话不虚传(話不虛傳) words that are not false
• 冲虚经(沖虛經) Chong Xu Jing; Liezi
• 徒有虚名(徒有虛名) with an undeserved reputation; unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
• 虚己以听(虛己以聽) to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind
• 背景虚化(背景虛化) background blurring

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虚诳语 、 虚拟化 、 虚拟现实造型语言 、 虚拟私人网络 、 子虚赋

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• 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 37
• 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 35
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Collocations

• 虚爵 (虛爵) 然後授虛爵 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 18
• 满虚 (滿虛) 滿虛在物 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 8
• 虚觯 (虛觶) 卒受者以虛觶降奠于篚 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 7
• 受虚 (受虛) 賔進受虛爵 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 6
• 实虚 (實虛) 實虛也 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 6
• 虚朾 (虛朾) 同盟于虛朾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 盈虚 (盈虛) 君子尚消息盈虛 — Book of Changes 易經, 剝 Bo — count: 4
• 执虚 (執虛) 執虛如執盈 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 4
• 仓廪虚 (倉廪虛) 倉廩虛而囹圄實 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 4
• 入虚 (入虛) 以不正入虛國 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3