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向壁虛構

简向壁虚构 · 繁向壁虛構

Mandarin · pinyin xiàng bì xū gòu

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

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向: xiàng · toward, direction, trend
壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
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虚: xū · false
构: gòu · frame, building, structure

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4–4–1–4 · xiang4 bi4 xu1 gou4

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(idiomatic) to make up out of one's head; to fabricate; to imagine without ground

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