无中生有 wúzhōngshēngyǒu to create something out of nothing Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 无中生有 無中生有 wúzhōngshēngyǒu to create something out of nothing (idiom) purely fictitious; to make up a story or fabricate a situation out of thin air existence arises from non-existence (of Taoist philosophy) the principle that all things in the universe originate from emptiness or the void Frequency Movie subtitles 1.13 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.39 per million Cross-References Synonym 捕风捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng兔角龟毛 tùjiǎoguīmáo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
无中生有 無中生有 wúzhōngshēngyǒu to create something out of nothing (idiom) purely fictitious; to make up a story or fabricate a situation out of thin air existence arises from non-existence (of Taoist philosophy) the principle that all things in the universe originate from emptiness or the void Frequency Movie subtitles 1.13 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.39 per million Cross-References Synonym 捕风捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng兔角龟毛 tùjiǎoguīmáo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
