1. emptiness2. void3. abstract theory or guiding principles4. empty or unoccupied+6 条 +7 条 1. modest2. self-effacing3. to make modest remarks
1. to make up2. fabrication3. fictional4. imaginary+1 条 1. false2. hypocritical3. artificial4. sham+1 条 1. hollow2. emptiness3. meaningless
1. to imagine; to make up2. fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical3. (computing) to emulate4. (computing) virtual+1 条 (idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
to fritter away (one's time)
1. lacking in confidence2. diffident3. to have a guilty conscience
(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination
1. false alarm2. panic rumor
false friendship; hypocritical show of affection
(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
1. to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood)2. heat exhaustion
1. lit. a banquet with no empty seats2. full house3. capacity crowd4. standing room only+1 条 (idiom) it's been a worthwhile trip
1. to misreport2. fraudulent report
1. with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame2. nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
1. deliberately mystifying2. to make sth unnecessarily complicated
弄虚作假 弄虛作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ HSK 7–9 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
1. to exist in name only2. empty shell3. useless (idiom)
1. dotted line2. dashed line3. (math.) imaginary line
1. to partially obscure2. (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked3. (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
1. what is true and what is false2. (to get to know) the real situation
1. to boast2. to brag3. boastful4. exaggerative+2 条 +3 条 hard to tell if it's real or sham
to take advantage of weakness
to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)
1. great emptiness2. the void3. heaven4. the skies+4 条 +5 条 deficiency of 气[qì] (TCM)
(intentionally) mysterious; arcane
1. to feel weak2. to be diffident
depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
1. (TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang2. asthenia
1. dead letter2. rule no longer in force3. empty formality
1. 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[lì chūn] each year, rather than on one's birthday.2. contrasted with 实岁[shí suì]