虚 (虛) xū
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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') -
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') -
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) -
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) -
xū
noun
ruins
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514) -
xū
noun
empty space
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 空间 (Guoyu '虛' n 2) -
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') -
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) -
xū
noun
weakness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 弱势 (Guoyu '虛' n 4) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
xū
adjective
flustered
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 心慌 (Guoyu '虛' adj 5) -
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) -
xū
verb
to empty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 使空 (Guoyu '虛' v 1) -
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) -
xū
noun
death
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '虛' 1b, p. 514)
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
- 务虚(務虛) to discuss guidelines; to discuss principles to be followed
- 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
- 发虚(發虛) to feel weak; to be diffident
- 徒拥虚名(徒擁虛名) to possess an undeserved reputation
- 虚宫格(虛宮格) four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
- 虚发(虛發) to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
- 虚空(虛空) empty space ; the sky; space
- 脾虚(脾虛) depletion of the spleen
- 永久虚电路(永久虛電路) Permanent Virtual Circuit; PVC
- 阴虚(陰虛) deficiency of yin
- 虚伪类真(虛偽類真) false but apparently real
- 弄虚作假(弄虛作假) to practice fraud; by trickery
- 名不虚传(名不虛傳) name is not in vain; a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation
- 虚室(虛室) an empty room ; an undecorated room
- 虚拟(虛擬) virtual; fictitious; theoretical
- 虚誉(虛譽) imaginary reputation; empty fame
- 虚静(虛靜) serene
- 虚拟连接(虛擬連接) virtual connection
- 虚线(虛線) a dotted line
- 虚惊(虛驚) false alarm; panic rumor
- 以虚带实(以虛帶實) to let correct ideology guide practical work
- 向壁虚构(向壁虛構) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
- 虚火(虛火) excess of internal heat due to poor general condition ; the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
- 冲虚真经(沖虛真經) Chong Xu Zhen Jing; Liezi
- 太虚(太虛) sky ; a void
- 虚像(虛像) virtual image
- 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)
- 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
- 虚名(虛名) false reputation
- 耳听为虚,眼见为实(耳聽為虛,眼見為實) Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
- 空虚(空虛) empty
- 虚警(虛警) false alert
- 虚浮(虛浮) extravagant and impractical
- 虚与委蛇(虛與委蛇) to feign civility
- 虚无主义(虛無主義) nihilism
- 虚损(虛損) consumptive disease
- 虚粒子(虛粒子) virtual particle
- 虚无假设(虛無假設) null hypothesis
- 虚怀若谷(虛懷若谷) receptive as an echoing canyon; modest and open-minded
- 虚荣(虛榮) vanity
- 虚设(虛設) to set something up and then not use it ; to do something in name only
- 虚假(虛假) false; fake
- 虚应故事(虛應故事) to go through the motions
- 虚度光阴(虛度光陰) to waste time on worthless activities
- 阴虚火旺(陰虛火旺) an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy
Also contained in
虚拟记忆体 、 虚机 、 虚拟现实造型语言 、 虚拟私人网络 、 虚拟化
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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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- 卷八十一 志第三十四 律曆十四 Volume 81 Treatises 34: Measures and Calendar 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
- 卷二十七上 志第十七上 曆三上 Volume 27a Treatises 18: Calendar 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 27
- 卷七十九 列傳第十七: 酈瓊 李成 孔彥舟 徐文 施宜生 張中孚 張中彥 宇文虛中 王倫 Volume 79 Biographies 17: Li Qiong, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Xu Wen, Shi Yisheng, Zhang Zhongfu, Zhang Zhongyan, Yu Wenxuzhong, Wang Lun History of Jin 金史 — count: 24
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 23
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 21
- 卷三百 列傳第五十九 楊偕 王沿 杜杞 楊畋 周湛 徐的 姚仲孫 陳太素 馬尋 杜曾 李虛己 張傅 俞獻卿 陳從易 楊大雅 Volume 300 Biographies 59: Yang Xie, Wang Yan, Du Qi, Yang Tian, Zhou Zhan, Xu De, Yao Zhongsun, Chen Taisu, Ma Xun, Du Ceng, Li Xuji, Zhang Fu, Yu Xianqing, Chen Congyi, Yang Daya History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
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
- 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
- 盈虚 (盈虛) 君子尚消息盈虛 — Book of Changes 易經, 剝 Bo — count: 4
- 虚中 (虛中) 虛中也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3