虚无

虛無

xūwú

noun #12,213

Meanings

1 nothingness
2 void
3 nihility

Characters

empty; void; false

without; nothing

Examples

他陷入了虚无的深渊。

Tā xiànrù le xūwú de shēnyuān.

He fell into the abyss of nothingness.

虚无主义否定一切价值。

Xūwúzhǔyì fǒudìng yīqiè jiàzhí.

Nihilism denies all values.

Tips

culture

虚无 has roots in Daoist philosophy, where it describes the primordial emptiness from which all things arise. In modern usage, it is associated with nihilism (虚无主义).

Stroke Order

虚 xū

无 wú