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
- 虚不受补(虛不受補) a person who is in poor health cannot handle something so strong as a tonic
- 虚己以听(虛己以聽) to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind
- 徒拥虚名(徒擁虛名) to possess an undeserved reputation
- 虚构小说(虛構小說) fiction
- 冲虚经(沖虛經) Chong Xu Jing; Liezi
- 虚拟(虛擬) virtual; fictitious; theoretical
- 背景虚化(背景虛化) background blurring
- 虚室(虛室) an empty room ; an undecorated room
- 虚空(虛空) empty space ; the sky; space
- 虚诈(虛詐) tricky and hypocritical
- 虚线(虛線) a dotted line
- 道德虚无主义(道德虛無主義) moral nihilism; ethical nihilism
- 虚心(虛心) modest and polite; humble ; ashamed
- 虚拟语气(虛擬語氣) subjunctive mood
- 务虚(務虛) to discuss guidelines; to discuss principles to be followed
- 虚无主义(虛無主義) nihilism
- 虚妄(虛妄) illusory
- 虚飘飘(虛飄飄) light and airy; floating
- 虚有其表(虛有其表) impressive appearance but void of substance
- 话不虚传(話不虛傳) words that are not false
- 虚室生白(虛室生白) a undecorated room and simple life
- 虚构(虛構) imaginary
- 虚拟环境(虛擬環境) virtual environment
- 虚脱(虛脫) to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood); heat exhaustion
- 爱慕虚荣(愛慕虛榮) vain
- 就虚避实(就虛避實) strike at what is weak and avoid what is strong
- 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)
- 虚与委蛇(虛與委蛇) to feign civility
- 虚文浮礼(虛文浮禮) empty formality
- 虚像(虛像) virtual image
- 虚席以待(虛席以待) to reserve a seat for sb
- 四虚(四虛) four directions; everywhere
- 虚电路(虛電路) virtual circuit; VC
- 虚无假设(虛無假設) null hypothesis
- 虚数(虛數) imaginary number
- 乘虚(乘虛) to take advantage of weakness
- 虚弱(虛弱) weak
- 名不虚传(名不虛傳) name is not in vain; a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation
- 向壁虚造(向壁虛造) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
- 虚缺号(虛缺號) white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
- 共轭虚数(共軛虛數) conjugate imaginary number
- 虚实(虛實) what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation
- 虚发(虛發) to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
Also contained in
虚拟私人网络 、 掠虚头汉 、 虚拟私用网络 、 虚机 、 虚诳语 、 虚拟网络 、 虚拟记忆体 、 虚拟现实
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- 卷三百七十一 列傳第一百三十 白時中 徐處仁 馮澥 王倫 宇文虛中 湯思退 Volume 371 Biographies 130: Bai Shizhong, Xu Churen, Feng Xie, Wang Lun, Yu Wenxuzhong, Tang Situi History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
- 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
- 卷三百六十二 列傳第一百二十一 朱勝非 呂頤浩 范宗尹 范致虛 呂好問 Volume 362 Biographies 121: Zhu Shengfei, Lu Yihao, Fan Zongyin, Fan Zhixu, Lu Haowen History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
- 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
- 实虚 (實虛) 實虛也 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 6
- 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
- 盈虚 (盈虛) 君子尚消息盈虛 — Book of Changes 易經, 剝 Bo — 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
- 执虚 (執虛) 執虛如執盈 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 4
- 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
- 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