wū​yǒu

how could there be

乌有 烏有 wū​yǒu
how could there be
(literary) used to express a rhetorical question; where is there; how can there be
nonexistent
(literary) to not exist; illusory; naught; nothing; used to refer to people or things that are imaginary
Mr. Wuyou
a fictional character in Sima Xiangru's Han-dynasty piece 子虚赋 zǐ​xū​fù, used to represent something nonexistent or imaginary

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