子虛烏有
zǐ​xū​wū​yǒu

sheer fiction

  • created sense approved 子虚乌有/子虛烏有 · zǐ​xū​wū​yǒu · sheer fiction — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    子虚乌有 / 子虛烏有

    zǐ​xū​wū​yǒu

    sheer fiction

    (idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be completely fictitious or the product of one's imagination

    子虚 (literal) → 子虚/子虛 · zǐ​xū · Zi Xu 乌有 (literal) → 乌有/烏有 · wū​yǒu · Mr. Wuyou

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense