xū​huǒ

borrowed prestige

虚火 (虛火) xū​huǒ
borrowed prestige noun
the prestige or influence of another person that one uses to bolster one's own standing
deficiency heat noun
excess of internal heat caused by a weakened physical condition or yin deficiency according to Traditional Chinese Medicine

Frequency

Written text
0.781 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)