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子虚乌有

zǐ xū wū yǒu

4-character word Traditional 子虛烏有

What 子虚乌有 means

1. idiomto have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination

The characters in 子虚乌有

• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 乌wūcrow; black
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意

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