Read Edit View history 无中生有 wúzhōngshēngyǒu to create something out of nothing Origin Definitions Defs 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)