Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 虚

emptiness
void
abstract theory or guiding principles
empty or unoccupied
diffident or timid
false
humble or modest
(of health) weak
virtual
in vain

to misreport
fraudulent report

modest
self-effacing
to make modest remarks

(linguistics) function word

(TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang
asthenia

to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)

imaginary reputation
empty fame

nothingness

what is true and what is false
(to get to know) the real situation

one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 ( Lìchūn) each year, rather than on one's birthday.
contrasted with 實歲／实岁 (shísuì)

to partially obscure
(of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked
(of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned

to imagine; to make up
fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical
(computing) to emulate
(computing) virtual

empty words
false words

(intentionally) mysterious; arcane

to make up
fabrication
fictional
imaginary

nominal position

empty wrist (method of painting)

false reputation

void
hollow
empty

imaginary
illusory

excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM)
the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself

deficiency of 氣／气 (qì) (TCM)

to falsely or exaggeratedly label (a product)

tricky and hypocritical

Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)

false alert

false
hypocritical
artificial
sham

depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)

virtual image

dead letter
rule no longer in force
empty formality

to boast
to brag
boastful
exaggerative
pompous
bombastic

to play tricks
to deceive

false
phony
pretense

imaginary star (in astrology)

hollow
emptiness
meaningless

to fritter away (one's time)

deficiency of yang 陽／阳 (yáng) (TCM)

lacking in confidence
diffident
to have a guilty conscience

imaginary number

weak
in poor health

to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood)
heat exhaustion

deficiency of yin 陰／阴 (yīn) (TCM)

to take advantage of weakness

vanity

open-minded
humble

to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)

to feel weak
to be diffident

fabricated

great emptiness
the void
heaven
the skies
universe
cosmos
original essence of the cosmos

false alarm
panic rumor
CL:場／场 (cháng)

false

dotted line
dashed line
(math.) imaginary line

people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries

virtual machine

virtual particle

vanity

Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph

four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character

light and airy
floating

virtual circuit
VC

null hypothesis (statistics)

xūzhāngshēngshì

(false) bravado
to bluff

xūyìnggùshì

to go through the motions

(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination

to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)

nihilism

to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)

túyōngxūmíng

to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)

vain

làngdéxūmíng

to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)

xíngtóngxūshè

to exist in name only
empty shell
useless (idiom)

xūnǐhuánjìng

virtual environment

empty formality

subjunctive mood (grammar)

hard to tell if it's real or sham

gùnòngxuánxū

deliberately mystifying
to make sth unnecessarily complicated

xūyìngliǎoshì

see 虛應故事／虚应故事 (xūyìnggùshì)

xūyǒuqíbiǎo

looks impressive but is worthless (idiom)
not as good as it looks
a reputation with no substance

chéngxū'érrù

to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse

to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)

a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic

xūgòuxiǎoshuō

fiction

xūwěilèizhēn

false but apparently real

(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points

shēncángruòxū

to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents
to hide one's light under a bushel

to reserve a seat
to leave a position vacant

bèijǐngxūhuà

background blurring (photography)

xūnǐliánjiē

virtual connection

nòngxūzuòjiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

to feign civility (idiom)

see 此言非虛／此言非虚 (cǐyánfēixū)

xiàngbìxūzào

facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

yīnxūhuǒwàng

an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)

see 所言非虛／所言非虚 (suǒyánfēixū)

xūqíngjiǎyì

false friendship; hypocritical show of affection

xūwúpiāomiǎo

illusory; imaginary; fanciful

lit. a banquet with no empty seats
full house
capacity crowd
standing room only

xūnǐshíjìng

virtual reality (Tw)

xūnǐwǎngluò

virtual network

túyǒuxūmíng

with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
nowhere near as good as he's made out to be

suǒyánfēixū

(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true

xūdùguāngyīn

to waste time on worthless activities

xūhuáiruògǔ

receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded

zuòzéixīnxū

to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience

míngbùxūchuán

(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved

xiàngbìxūgòu

facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

bùxū-cǐxíng

(idiom) it's been a worthwhile trip

xūxīnhàoxué

modest and studious (idiom)

xūnǐxiànshí

virtual reality

that is true

Xūkōngzàng Púsà

虚空藏菩萨

[虛空藏菩薩]

Akasagarbha Bodhisattva

yǒngjiǔxūdiànlù

永久虚电路

[永久虛電路]

Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVC

jiāohuànxūdiànlù

交换虚电路

[交換虛電路]

Switched Virtual Circuit
SVC

xūnǐsīrénwǎngluò

虚拟私人网络

[虛擬私人網絡]

virtual private network (VPN)

xūnǐzhuānyòngwǎngluò

虚拟专用网络

[虛擬專用網絡]

virtual private network (VPN)

xūnǐxiànshízhìbiāoyǔyán

虚拟现实置标语言

[虛擬現實置標語言]

virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)

ěrtīngwéixū,yǎnjiànwéishí

耳听为虚，眼见为实

[耳聽為虛，眼見為實]

(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing

yǎnjiànwéishí,ěrtīngwéixū

眼见为实，耳听为虚

[眼見為實，耳聽為虛]

to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
It ain't necessarily so.

xūxīnshǐrénjìnbù,jiāo'àoshǐrénluòhòu

虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后

[虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後]

modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)