created sense approved 乌有/烏有 · wūyǒu · how could there be — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
乌有 / 烏有
wūyǒu
how could there be
(literary) used to express a rhetorical question; where is there; how can there be
乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · [rhetorical question] 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is
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created sense approved 乌有/烏有 · wūyǒu · nonexistent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
乌有 / 烏有
wūyǒu
nonexistent
(literary) to not exist; illusory; naught; nothing; used to refer to people or things that are imaginary
乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · [rhetorical question] 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is
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created sense approved 乌有/烏有 · wūyǒu · Mr. Wuyou — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
乌有 / 烏有
wūyǒu
Mr. Wuyou
a fictional character in Sima Xiangru's Han-dynasty piece [[子虚赋|子虛賦|zi3 xu1 fu4]], used to represent something nonexistent or imaginary
乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · [rhetorical question] 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is
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