created reference approved 无中生有/無中生有 → 捕风捉影/捕風捉影 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无中生有 / 無中生有 wúzhōngshēngyǒu
捕风捉影 / 捕風捉影 bǔfēngzhuōyǐng
synonym
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created sense approved 无中生有/無中生有 · wúzhōngshēngyǒu · to create something out of nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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
无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is
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created sense approved 无中生有/無中生有 · wúzhōngshēngyǒu · existence arises from non-existence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无中生有 / 無中生有
wúzhōngshēngyǒu
existence arises from non-existence
(of Taoist philosophy) the principle that all things in the universe originate from emptiness or the void
无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to be born 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is
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