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空穴來風
简 空穴来风 · 繁 空穴來風Mandarin · pinyin kōng xué lái fēng
Meanings
- lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
- fig. unfounded (story)
- baseless (claim)
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1–2–2–1 · kong1 xue2 lai2 feng1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hung1 jyut6 loi4 fung1
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hung1 jyut6 loi4 fung1
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phrase
- (of a rumour, literary, dated) to be not completely unsound; to have a basis for its existence
- (of a rumour, in modern uses, sometimes proscribed) to be completely unsound; to be utterly baseless
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