Characters
- 子 (子): son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 虚 (虛): emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- 乌 (烏): abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2]; surname Wu
- 有 (有): to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 子虚乌有
- MDBG: 子虚乌有
- Examples with 子虚乌有 on Tatoeba
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