虚无缥缈

Traditional form:

虛無縹緲

Pinyin (reading):

xūwúpiāomiǎo

Definitions:

• illusory; imaginary; fanciful

Characters:

• 虚 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 缥 - dim, misty, indistinct; a silk veil
• 缈 - dim, indistinct; distant; minute

Traditional characters:

• 虛 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 縹 - dim, misty, indistinct; a silk veil
• 緲 - dim, indistinct; distant; minute