虚 (虛)
Pinyin

Definition

虚 (虛)
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  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kōng xū
  1. 1 hollow
  2. 2 emptiness
  3. 3 meaningless
  1. 1 emptiness
  2. 2 void
  3. 3 abstract theory or guiding principles
  4. 4 empty or unoccupied
  5. 5 diffident or timid
  6. 6 false
  7. 7 humble or modest
  8. 8 (of health) weak
  9. 9 virtual
  10. 10 in vain
xū jiǎ
  1. 1 false
  2. 2 phony
  3. 3 pretense
xū wěi
  1. 1 false
  2. 2 hypocritical
  3. 3 artificial
  4. 4 sham
xū huàn
  1. 1 imaginary
  2. 2 illusory

Idioms (20)

乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù
  1. 1 to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
以虚带实
yǐ xū dài shí
  1. 1 to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū
  1. 1 to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
名不虚传
míng bù xū chuán
  1. 1 lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation
  2. 2 enjoys a well-deserved reputation
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

Sample Sentences

秦宇终于松了一口气,原来是个乌龙,只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字,聊了几句,原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧,同时也是个古董控,一个月前去了上海玩,在上海看了几场话剧,还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信,但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了,暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ,yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ,zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ,liáo le jǐ jù ,yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ,tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ,yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ,zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ,hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ,dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ,zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
那撒向江水的一樽酒,便连接了这虚幻与真实,仿佛穿越了时空,把诗人孤单却激越的情怀投入了那冠盖云集的古三国战场上,也让他寂寥的心得到了些许慰藉。
nà sā xiàng jiāng shuǐ de yī zūn jiǔ ,biàn liánjiē le zhè xūhuàn yǔ zhēnshí ,fǎngfú chuānyuè le shíkōng ,bǎ shīrén gūdān què jīyuè de qínghuái tóurù le nà guàngàiyúnjí de gǔ guó zhànchǎng shàng ,yě ràng tā jìliáo de xīn dédào le xiē xǔ wèijiè 。
The cup of alcohol sprinkled on the river water, links the illusory with the real, as if passing through time and space, infusing the poet's lonely yet intense mood into the overcast skies of the battleground of the Three Kingdoms, giving some consolation to his lonely heart.
词末以人生如梦之叹,转樽酒敬江月为结,梦与江月皆属虚幻,孑然一身的孤独却又十分真实,人生境遇多苦,与其沉溺,不如放开胸怀、喝酒赏月,方不失洒脱。
cí mò yǐ rénshēng rú mèng zhī tàn ,zhuǎn zūnjiǔ jìng jiāngyuè wèi jié ,mèng yǔ jiāngyuè jiē shǔ xūhuàn ,jiérán yīshēn de gūdú què yòu shífēn zhēnshí ,rénshēng jìngyù duō kǔ ,yǔqí chénnì ,bùrú fàngkāi xiōnghuái 、hējiǔ shǎng yuè ,fāng bùshī sǎtuō 。
The poem ends with exasperation at how life is like a dream, and ends with a toast to the moon's reflection on the river. Both the dreams and the moon on the river's surface are illusory, the lonely solitude is quite real. Rather than wallowing in the pain of one's life circumstance, it's perhaps better to open one's mind, and drink while admiring the moon, letting go of all constraints.
我觉得还得你去一趟,因为像我这样对家庭主夫本身有成见的人,怎么理直气壮地劝小周爸妈,还没开口就觉得心虚了。
wǒ juéde hái děi nǐ qù yī tāng ,yīnwèi xiàng wǒ zhèyàng duì jiātíngzhǔfū běnshēn yǒu chéngjiàn de rén ,zěnme lǐzhíqìzhuàng de quàn Xiǎo Zhōu bàmā ,hái méi kāikǒu jiù juéde xīnxū le 。
I think you should go to see yourself, because however someone with biases towards house-husbands like me might take the high horse in advising Xiaozhou's parents, I'll feel in the wrong before I even open my mouth.
行了行了!你谦虚点,这些还用你说吗?我早就下载好旅游攻略软件,谁还上网扒攻略呢!
xíng le xíng le !nǐ qiānxū diǎnr ,zhèxiē hái yòng nǐ shuō ma ?wǒ zǎo jiù xiàzǎi hǎo lǚyóu gōngluè ruǎnjiàn ,shéi hái shàngwǎng pá gōngluè ne !
OK! OK! Can you be a little bit more modest? I don't need to hear all this from you, do I? I downloaded a trip planning app ages ago, who still goes on the internet to plan their trip?
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哈哈,网民心想“宝宝心里苦,宝宝不能说。”换位思考下为网民想想,他们也只是希望能在虚拟的网络世界吐槽一下赤裸裸的现实罢了。
hāhā ,wǎngmín xīn xiǎng “bǎobao xīnli kǔ ,bǎobao bùnéng shuō 。”huàn wèi sīkǎo xià wèi wǎngmín xiǎngxiang ,tāmen yě zhǐshì xīwàng néng zài xūnǐ de wǎngluò shìjiè tùcáo yīxià chìluǒluǒ de xiànshí bà le 。
Ha ha, netizens would be thinking "Aw! Poor baby, are you feeling sorry for yourself?” From the netizens' point of view, they just want to mock reality in its naked form online.
于是乐广立马奔去找友人,将友人带回自己家中,又将情况重新完整地还原了一次。友人一看”唷!这不就是我当天喝下去的那条蛇吗?原来它压根儿就不是蛇,只是弓的倒影,是我自己吓自己!虚惊一场!”。知道了原委,他这病也就立刻痊愈了。
yúshì YuèGuǎng lìmǎ bēn qù zhǎo yǒurén ,jiāng yǒurén dài huí zìjǐ jiā zhōng ,yòu jiāng qíngkuàng chóngxīn wánzhěng de huányuán le yīcì 。yǒurén yī kàn ”yō !zhè bù jiùshì wǒ dāngtiān hē xiàqù de nà tiáo shé ma ?yuánlái tā yàgēnr jiù búshi shé ,zhǐshì gōng de dàoyǐng ,shì wǒ zìjǐ hè zìjǐ !xūjīngyìchǎng !”。zhīdào le yuánwěi ,tā zhè bìng yě jiù lìkè quányù le 。
He rushed to his friend's immediately, brought him back to his place, and restored the scene again. Once his friend saw it, he realized,"Oh! Isn't this the snake I swallowed down that day? It turns out that it is not a snake at all, but a reflection of the bow. I was scaring myself. False alarm!" After knowing the whole story, he restored his health immediately.
若干年后齐宣王过世,他的儿子齐愍王继承了王位。这位齐愍王和他爹一样也喜欢听人吹奏竽,不同的是,他喜欢听独奏。有天,他颁布了道命令,要求隔天让那三百位乐师逐一吹竽给他听。乐师们听闻命令都相当开心,大家都想要在君王面前大展身手,只有那位滥竽充数的南郭先生觉得非常心虚,十分焦虑。心想:”这可是欺君之罪,要杀头的啊!我还不得赶紧溜之大吉?”于是连忙收拾行李,有多远逃多远了。
ruògān nián hòu QíXuānwáng guòshì ,tā de érzi QíMǐnwáng jìchéng le wángwèi 。zhèwèi QíMǐnwáng hé tā diē yīyàng yě xǐhuan tīng rén chuīzòu yú ,bùtóng de shì ,tā xǐhuan tīng dúzòu 。yǒu tiān ,tā bānbù le dào mìnglìng ,yāoqiú gétiān ràng nà sān bǎi wèi yuèshī zhúyī chuī yú gěi tā tīng 。yuèshī men tīngwén mìnglìng dōu xiāngdāng kāixīn ,dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào zài jūnwáng miànqián dàzhǎnshēnshǒu ,zhǐyǒu nà wèi lànyúchōngshù de Nánguō xiānsheng juéde fēicháng xīnxū ,shífēn jiāolǜ 。xīnxiǎng :”zhè kěshì qījūnzhīzuì ,yào shātóu de a !wǒ hái bùdé gǎnjǐn liūzhīdàjí ?”yúshì liánmáng shōushi xíngli ,yǒu duō yuǎn táo duō yuǎn le 。
Some years later, the King passed away and his son, the King Min, inherited the throne. The King was similar to his dad in that he also loved listening to the yu. The difference was that he preferred solo performances. One day, he enacted an order, asking the 300 musicians to play the yu for him one by one. The musicians were quite happy to hear this order since they all wanted to show their talent in front of the King. However, Nan Guo, who has been pretending to play the yu, felt very guilty and anxious about this order. He thought “This is a crime of deceiving the King, people are decapitated over this! I must escape right this moment!” So he urgently packed his luggage and fled as far as he could.
在中国文化中,谦虚是一种美德,所以有实力的人通常不会卖弄自己,但是能力不好的人,却常常把自己讲得很好。
zài Zhōngguó wénhuà zhōng ,qiānxū shì yīzhǒng měidé ,suǒyǐ yǒu shílì de rén tōngcháng bùhuì màinong zìjǐ ,dànshì nénglì bùhǎo de rén ,què chángcháng bǎ zìjǐ jiǎng de hěn hǎo 。
In Chinese culture, people regard modesty as one of the virtues, so usually competent people don’t show off; however, incompetent people would often brag about how good they are.
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除了影响孩子的身体健康和学习成绩外,更让家长们担心的是藏在虚拟世界里的种种诱惑和风险。
chúle yǐngxiǎng háizi de shēntǐjiànkāng hé xuéxí chéngjì wài ,gèng ràng jiāzhǎng men dānxīn de shì cáng zài xūnǐ shìjiè lǐ de zhǒngzhǒng yòuhuò hé fēngxiǎn 。
In addition to the effects on children’s health and academic performance, what worries parents even more is the temptation and risk hidden in the virtual world.