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无中生有

無中生有
wúzhōngshēngyǒu
idiom #19,617

Meanings

  1. 1 to create something from nothing
  2. 2 to fabricate out of thin air
  3. 3 to make groundless accusations

Examples

他说的全是无中生有。
Tā shuō de quán shì wúzhōngshēngyǒu.
Everything he said was fabricated out of thin air.
不要无中生有，乱说别人的坏话。
Bùyào wúzhōngshēngyǒu, luàn shuō biérén de huàihuà.
Don't fabricate things and badmouth others.

Tips

history
One of the Thirty-Six Stratagems in Chinese military strategy: create the illusion of something from nothing to confuse the enemy.
memory
Literally 'from nothing (无中) give birth to something (生有)' — conjuring existence from the void.

Stroke Order

无 wú
中 zhōng
生 shēng
有 yǒu