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虛無縹緲

简 虚无缥缈 · 繁 虛無縹緲
Mandarin · pinyin xū wú piāo miǎo

Meanings

  1. illusory; imaginary; fanciful
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Characters in this entry

虛
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無
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縹
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緲
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虚
xū · false
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
缥
piāo · light blue silk; dim; misty
缈
miǎo · indistinct, dim; minute; distant
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1–2–1–3 · xu1 wu2 piao1 miao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

heoi1 mou4 piu1 miu5

Cantonese word readings for 虛無縹緲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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heoi1 mou4 piu5 miu5

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) purely imaginary; entirely unreal; visionary; illusory

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