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emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain

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爱慕虚荣 愛慕虛榮 ai4 mu4 xu1 rong2
vain

背景虚化 背景虛化 bei4 jing3 xu1 hua4
background blurring (photography)

避实就虚 避實就虛 bi4 shi2 jiu4 xu1
stay clear of the enemy's main force and; strike at his weak points

不虚此行 不虛此行 bu4 xu1 ci3 xing2
the trip has not been made in vain; the trip has been well worthwhile; it's been a worthwhile trip

乘虚 乘虛 cheng2 xu1
to take advantage of weakness

乘虚而入 乘虛而入 cheng2 xu1 er2 ru4
to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse

耳听为虚,眼见为实 耳聽為虛,眼見為實 er3 ting1 wei2 xu1 - yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2
Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so.

发虚 發虛 fa1 xu1
to feel weak; to be diffident

共轭虚数 共軛虛數 gong4 e4 xu1 shu4
conjugate imaginary number (math)

故弄玄虚 故弄玄虛 gu4 nong4 xuan2 xu1
deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated

交换虚电路 交換虛電路 jiao1 huan4 xu1 dian4 lu4
Switched Virtual Circuit; SVC

空虚 空虛 kong1 xu1
hollow; emptiness; meaningless

浪得虚名 浪得虛名 lang4 de2 xu1 ming2
to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)

名不虚传 名不虛傳 ming2 bu4 xu1 chuan2
lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation

弄虚作假 弄虛作假 nong4 xu1 zuo4 jia3
to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

脾虚 脾虛 pi2 xu1
depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)

气虚 氣虛 qi4 xu1
deficiency of 氣|气 (TCM)

谦虚 謙虛 qian1 xu1
modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks

深藏若虚 深藏若虛 shen1 cang2 ruo4 xu1
to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents; to hide one's light under a bushel

太虚 太虛 tai4 xu1
Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)

太虚 太虛 tai4 xu1
great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos

徒拥虚名 徒擁虛名 tu2 yong1 xu1 ming2
to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)

徒有虚名 徒有虛名 tu2 you3 xu1 ming2
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be

务虚 務虛 wu4 xu1
to discuss guidelines; to discuss principles to be followed

向壁虚构 向壁虛構 xiang4 bi4 xu1 gou4
facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

向壁虚造 向壁虛造 xiang4 bi4 xu1 zao4
facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

心虚 心虛 xin1 xu1
lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience

形同虚设 形同虛設 xing2 tong2 xu1 she4
to exist in name only; empty shell; useless (idiom)

虚报 虛報 xu1 bao4
to misreport; fraudulent report

虚不受补 虛不受補 xu1 bu4 shou4 bu3
a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic

虚词 虛詞 xu1 ci2
word having grammatical function but no meaning

虚电路 虛電路 xu1 dian4 lu4
virtual circuit; VC

虚度 虛度 xu1 du4
to fritter away (one's time)

虚度光阴 虛度光陰 xu1 du4 guang1 yin1
to waste time on worthless activities

虚发 虛發 xu1 fa1
to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)

虚宫格 虛宮格 xu1 gong1 ge2
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character

虚构 虛構 xu1 gou4
to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary

虚构小说 虛構小說 xu1 gou4 xiao3 shuo1
fiction

虚怀若谷 虛懷若谷 xu1 huai2 ruo4 gu3
receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded

虚幻 虛幻 xu1 huan4
imaginary; illusory

虚谎 虛謊 xu1 huang3
false

虚火 虛火 xu1 huo3
excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM); the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself

虚己以听 虛己以聽 xu1 ji3 yi3 ting1
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)

虚假 虛假 xu1 jia3
false; phony; pretense

虚惊 虛驚 xu1 jing1
false alarm; panic rumor

虚警 虛警 xu1 jing3
false alert

虚客族 虛客族 xu1 ke4 zu2
people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries

虚空 虛空 xu1 kong1
void; hollow; empty

虚空藏菩萨 虛空藏菩薩 xu1 kong1 zang4 pu2 sa4
Akasagarbha Bodhisattva

虚夸 虛誇 xu1 kua1
to boast; to brag; boastful; exaggerative; pompous; bombastic

虚粒子 虛粒子 xu1 li4 zi3
virtual particle

虚名 虛名 xu1 ming2
false reputation

虚拟 虛擬 xu1 ni3
to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical; (computing) to emulate; virtual

虚拟环境 虛擬環境 xu1 ni3 huan2 jing4
virtual environment

虚拟机 虛擬機 xu1 ni3 ji1
virtual machine

虚拟连接 虛擬連接 xu1 ni3 lian2 jie1
virtual connection

虚拟实境 虛擬實境 xu1 ni3 shi2 jing4
virtual reality (Tw)

虚拟私人网络 虛擬私人網絡 xu1 ni3 si1 ren2 wang3 luo4
virtual private network (VPN)

虚拟网络 虛擬網絡 xu1 ni3 wang3 luo4
virtual network

虚拟现实 虛擬現實 xu1 ni3 xian4 shi2
virtual reality

虚拟现实置标语言 虛擬現實置標語言 xu1 ni3 xian4 shi2 zhi4 biao1 yu3 yan2
virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)

虚拟语气 虛擬語氣 xu1 ni3 yu3 qi4
subjunctive mood (grammar)

虚拟专用网络 虛擬專用網絡 xu1 ni3 zhuan1 yong4 wang3 luo4
virtual private network (VPN)

虚飘飘 虛飄飄 xu1 piao1 piao1
light and airy; floating

虚情假意 虛情假意 xu1 qing2 jia3 yi4
false friendship; hypocritical show of affection

虚缺号 虛缺號 xu1 que1 hao4
Chinese blank character □ (punct. used to represent an unreadable character)

虚荣 虛榮 xu1 rong2
vanity

虚荣心 虛榮心 xu1 rong2 xin1
vanity

虚弱 虛弱 xu1 ruo4
weak; in poor health

虚实 虛實 xu1 shi2
what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation

虚数 虛數 xu1 shu4
imaginary number

虚岁 虛歲 xu1 sui4
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived). In this system, a person's age is one year at birth, and increases by one year at the beginning of the first solar term

虚损 虛損 xu1 sun3
(TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang; asthenia

虚头 虛頭 xu1 tou2
to play tricks; to deceive

虚脱 虛脫 xu1 tuo1
to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood); heat exhaustion

虚腕 虛腕 xu1 wan4
empty wrist (method of painting)

虚妄 虛妄 xu1 wang4
fabricated

虚伪 虛偽 xu1 wei3
false; hypocritical; artificial; sham

虚伪类真 虛偽類真 xu1 wei3 lei4 zhen1
false but apparently real

虚位以待 虛位以待 xu1 wei4 yi3 dai4
to reserve a seat; to leave a position vacant

虚文 虛文 xu1 wen2
dead letter; rule no longer in force; empty formality

虚文浮礼 虛文浮禮 xu1 wen2 fu2 li3
empty formality

虚无 虛無 xu1 wu2
nothingness

虚无假设 虛無假設 xu1 wu2 jia3 she4
null hypothesis (statistics)

虚无缥缈 虛無縹緲 xu1 wu2 piao3 miao3
unreal; illusory; imaginary; vague and with nothing in it

虚无主义 虛無主義 xu1 wu2 zhu3 yi4
nihilism

虚席以待 虛席以待 xu1 xi2 yi3 dai4
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)

虚线 虛線 xu1 xian4
dotted line

虚像 虛像 xu1 xiang4
virtual image

虚心 虛心 xu1 xin1
open-minded; humble

虚心好学 虛心好學 xu1 xin1 hao4 xue2
modest and studious (idiom)

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落後 xu1 xin1 shi3 ren2 jin4 bu4 - jiao1 ao4 shi3 ren2 luo4 hou4
Modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong)

虚星 虛星 xu1 xing1
imaginary star (in astrology)

虚虚实实 虛虛實實 xu1 xu1 shi2 shi2
hard to tell if it's real or sham

虚言 虛言 xu1 yan2
empty words; false words

虚应故事 虛應故事 xu1 ying4 gu4 shi4
to go through the motions

虚应了事 虛應了事 xu1 ying4 liao3 shi4
see 虛應故事|虚应故事

虚有其表 虛有其表 xu1 you3 qi2 biao3
looks impressive but is worthless (idiom); not as good as it looks; a reputation with no substance

虚与委蛇 虛與委蛇 xu1 yu3 wei1 yi2
to feign civility (idiom)

虚誉 虛譽 xu1 yu4
imaginary reputation; empty fame

虚诈 虛詐 xu1 zha4
tricky and hypocritical

虚张声势 虛張聲勢 xu1 zhang1 sheng1 shi4
(false) bravado; to bluff

玄虚 玄虛 xuan2 xu1
deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable

眼见为实,耳听为虚 眼見為實,耳聽為虛 yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2 - er3 ting1 wei2 xu1
to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so.

以虚带实 以虛帶實 yi3 xu1 dai4 shi2
to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)

阴虚 陰虛 yin1 xu1
deficiency of yin 陰|阴 in TCM

阴虚火旺 陰虛火旺 yin1 xu1 huo3 wang4
an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)

永久虚电路 永久虛電路 yong3 jiu3 xu1 dian4 lu4
Permanent Virtual Circuit; PVC

张若虚 張若虛 zhang1 ruo4 xu1
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

座无虚席 座無虛席 zuo4 wu2 xu1 xi2
lit. a banquet with no empty seats; full house; capacity crowd; standing room only

做贼心虚 做賊心虛 zuo4 zei2 xin1 xu1
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience