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莫須有
mò​xū​yǒu

groundless

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莫须有/ 莫須有 mò​xū​yǒu groundless

Groundless; baseless; fabricated. This term refers to trumped-up charges or false accusations, originally meaning "perhaps there is" or "it may be so," famously used by Qin Hui to frame Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty.

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