子虚

子虛

Zǐxū

proper noun

Meanings

1 Sir Fictitious, an invented speaker in Sima Xiangru's rhapsody Zixu Fu
2 something made up; fiction

Characters

sir (polite title)

Examples

HSK 7-9

子虚和乌有先生都是司马相如虚构的人物。

Zǐxū hé Wūyǒu xiānsheng dōu shì Sīmǎ Xiāngrú xūgòu de rénwù.

Sir Fictitious and Mr. Nonexistent are both characters invented by Sima Xiangru.

HSK 7-9

这些传言纯属子虚。

Zhèxiē chuányán chúnshǔ zǐxū.

Those rumours are pure fiction.

Tips

history

In 司马相如's 《子虚赋》, 子虚 'empty, unreal' is an envoy of Chu who boasts of his king's hunting grounds to 乌有先生 'Mr. Nonexistent' of Qi. The pair gave the idiom 子虚乌有 'pure fiction'.

Stroke Order

子 zǐ

虚 xū