Dictionary - results for 虚

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
虚	虛	xū	- emptiness - void - abstract theory or guiding principles - empty or unoccupied - diffident or timid - false - humble or modest - (of health) weak - virtual - in vain
乘虚	乘虛	chéngxū	- to take advantage of weakness
务虚	務虛	wùxū	- to discuss guidelines - to discuss principles to be followed
太虚	太虛	Tàixū	- Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)
太虚	太虛	tàixū	- great emptiness - the void - heaven - the skies - universe - cosmos - original essence of the cosmos
心虚	心虛	xīnxū	- lacking in confidence - diffident - to have a guilty conscience
气虚	氣虛	qìxū	- deficiency of 氣\|气[qi4] (TCM)
玄虚	玄虛	xuánxū	- deceitful trick - mystery - unfathomable
发虚	發虛	fāxū	- to feel weak - to be diffident
空虚	空虛	kōngxū	- hollow - emptiness - meaningless
脾虚	脾虛	píxū	- depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
虚假	虛假	xūjiǎ	- false - phony - pretense
虚伪	虛偽	xūwěi	- false - hypocritical - artificial - sham
虚像	虛像	xūxiàng	- virtual image
虚名	虛名	xūmíng	- false reputation
虚报	虛報	xūbào	- to misreport - fraudulent report
虚妄	虛妄	xūwàng	- fabricated
虚实	虛實	xūshí	- what is true and what is false - (to get to know) the real situation
虚幻	虛幻	xūhuàn	- imaginary - illusory
虚度	虛度	xūdù	- to fritter away (one's time)
虚弱	虛弱	xūruò	- weak - in poor health
虚心	虛心	xūxīn	- modest
虚损	虛損	xūsǔn	- (TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang - asthenia
虚拟	虛擬	xūnǐ	- to imagine - to make up - fictitious - theoretical - hypothetical - (computing) to emulate - virtual
虚数	虛數	xūshù	- imaginary number
虚文	虛文	xūwén	- dead letter - rule no longer in force - empty formality
虚星	虛星	xūxīng	- imaginary star (in astrology)
虚荣	虛榮	xūróng	- vanity
虚构	虛構	xūgòu	- to make up - fabrication - imaginary
虚岁	虛歲	xūsuì	- 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 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. - as opposed to 足歲\|足岁[zu2 sui4] - see also 實歲\|实岁[shi2 sui4]
虚火	虛火	xūhuǒ	- excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) - the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
虚无	虛無	xūwú	- nothingness
虚发	虛發	xūfā	- to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
虚空	虛空	xūkōng	- void - hollow - empty
虚线	虛線	xūxiàn	- dotted line
虚脱	虛脫	xūtuō	- to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood) - heat exhaustion
虚腕	虛腕	xūwàn	- empty wrist (method of painting)
虚言	虛言	xūyán	- empty words - false words
虚诈	虛詐	xūzhà	- tricky and hypocritical
虚词	虛詞	xūcí	- word having grammatical function but no meaning
虚夸	虛誇	xūkuā	- to boast - to brag - boastful - exaggerative - pompous - bombastic
虚谎	虛謊	xūhuǎng	- false
虚警	虛警	xūjǐng	- false alert
虚誉	虛譽	xūyù	- imaginary reputation - empty fame
虚头	虛頭	xūtóu	- to play tricks - to deceive
虚惊	虛驚	xūjīng	- false alarm - panic rumor - CL:場\|场[chang2]
谦虚	謙虛	qiānxū	- modest - self-effacing - to make modest remarks
阴虚	陰虛	yīnxū	- deficiency of yin 陰\|阴[yin1] in TCM
张若虚	張若虛	ZhāngRuòxū	- Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
虚客族	虛客族	xūkèzú	- people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries
虚宫格	虛宮格	xūgōnggé	- four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
虚拟机	虛擬機	xūnǐjī	- virtual machine
虚荣心	虛榮心	xūróngxīn	- vanity
虚粒子	虛粒子	xūlìzǐ	- virtual particle
虚缺号	虛缺號	xūquēhào	- Chinese blank character □ (punct. used to represent an unreadable character)
虚电路	虛電路	xūdiànlù	- virtual circuit - VC
虚飘飘	虛飄飄	xūpiāopiāo	- light and airy - floating
不虚此行	不虛此行	bùxūcǐxíng	- the trip has not been made in vain - the trip has been well worthwhile - it's been a worthwhile trip
乘虚而入	乘虛而入	chéngxūérrù	- to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
以虚带实	以虛帶實	yǐxūdàishí	- to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
做贼心虚	做賊心虛	zuòzéixīnxū	- to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
共轭虚数	共軛虛數	gòngèxūshù	- conjugate imaginary number (math)
名不虚传	名不虛傳	míngbùxūchuán	- lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation - enjoys a well-deserved reputation
向壁虚构	向壁虛構	xiàngbìxūgòu	- facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造	向壁虛造	xiàngbìxūzào	- facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
座无虚席	座無虛席	zuòwúxūxí	- lit. a banquet with no empty seats - full house - capacity crowd - standing room only
弄虚作假	弄虛作假	nòngxūzuòjiǎ	- to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
形同虚设	形同虛設	xíngtóngxūshè	- to exist in name only - empty shell - useless (idiom)
徒拥虚名	徒擁虛名	túyōngxūmíng	- to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
徒有虚名	徒有虛名	túyǒuxūmíng	- with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame - nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
爱慕虚荣	愛慕虛榮	àimùxūróng	- vain
故弄玄虚	故弄玄虛	gùnòngxuánxū	- deliberately mystifying - to make sth unnecessarily complicated
深藏若虚	深藏若虛	shēncángruòxū	- 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
虚位以待	虛位以待	xūwèiyǐdài	- to reserve a seat - to leave a position vacant
虚伪类真	虛偽類真	xūwěilèizhēn	- false but apparently real
虚己以听	虛己以聽	xūjǐyǐtīng	- to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
虚席以待	虛席以待	xūxíyǐdài	- to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
虚度光阴	虛度光陰	xūdùguāngyīn	- to waste time on worthless activities
虚张声势	虛張聲勢	xūzhāngshēngshì	- (false) bravado - to bluff
虚心好学	虛心好學	xūxīnhàoxué	- modest and studious (idiom)
虚情假意	虛情假意	xūqíngjiǎyì	- false friendship - hypocritical show of affection
虚应了事	虛應了事	xūyìngliǎoshì	- see 虛應故事\|虚应故事[xu1 ying4 gu4 shi4]
虚应故事	虛應故事	xūyìnggùshì	- to go through the motions
虚怀若谷	虛懷若谷	xūhuáiruògǔ	- receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
虚拟世界	虛擬世界	xūnǐshìjiè	- virtual reality - web based fantasy world
虚拟现实	虛擬現實	xūnǐxiànshí	- virtual reality
虚拟环境	虛擬環境	xūnǐhuánjìng	- virtual environment
虚拟网络	虛擬網絡	xūnǐwǎngluò	- virtual network
虚拟连接	虛擬連接	xūnǐliánjiē	- virtual connection
虚文浮礼	虛文浮禮	xūwénfúlǐ	- empty formality
虚有其表	虛有其表	xūyǒuqíbiǎo	- looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) - not as good as it looks - a reputation with no substance
虚构小说	虛構小說	xūgòuxiǎoshuō	- fiction
虚无主义	虛無主義	xūwúzhǔyì	- nihilism
虚无假设	虛無假設	xūwújiǎshè	- null hypothesis (statistics)
虚无缥缈	虛無縹緲	xūwúpiǎomiǎo	- unreal - illusory - imaginary - vague and with nothing in it
虚与委蛇	虛與委蛇	xūyǔwēishé	- pretense at complying (idiom); sham gestures of politeness
虚虚实实	虛虛實實	xūxūshíshí	- hard to tell if it's real or sham
避实就虚	避實就虛	bìshíjiùxū	- stay clear of the enemy's main force and - strike at his weak points
阴虚火旺	陰虛火旺	yīnxūhuǒwàng	- an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
交换虚电路	交換虛電路	jiāohuànxūdiànlù	- Switched Virtual Circuit - SVC
永久虚电路	永久虛電路	yǒngjiǔxūdiànlù	- Permanent Virtual Circuit - PVC
虚空藏菩萨	虛空藏菩薩	XūkōngzàngPúsà	- Akasagarbha Bodhisattva
虚拟专用网络	虛擬專用網絡	xūnízhuānyòngwǎngluò	- virtual private network (VPN)
虚拟私人网络	虛擬私人網絡	xūnísīrénwǎngluò	- virtual private network (VPN)
虚拟现实置标语言	虛擬現實置標語言	xūnǐxiànshízhìbiāoyǔyán	- virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)
眼见为实，耳听为虚	眼見為實，耳聽為虛	yǎnjiànwéishí,ěrtīngwéixū	- 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.
耳听为虚，眼见为实	耳聽為虛，眼見為實	ěrtīngwéixū,yǎnjiànwéishí	- 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.
虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后	虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後	xūxīnshǐrénjìnbù,jiāoàoshǐrénluòhòu	- Modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong)