虚 (虛) xū
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adjective
empty; devoid of content; void
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '虛' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '虛' 1, p. 514; Unihan '虛') -
adjective
false
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 弄虚作假 'to practice fraud' (CCI p. 24; Guoyu '虛' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '虛' 4, p. 514; Unihan '虛') -
noun
hill; mound
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Guoyu '虛' n 1; Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514) -
proper noun
Xu; Barrens
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Name of one of the 28 lunar lodgings (Guoyu '虛' n 7; Kroll 2015 '虛' 7, p. 514) -
noun
ruins
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514) -
noun
empty space
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 空间 (Guoyu '虛' n 2) -
noun
a hole; a void
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 空隙 (Guoyu '虛' n 3; Unihan '虛') -
noun
the sky
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 天空 (Guoyu '虛' n 5; Kroll 2015 '虛' 3, p. 514) -
noun
weakness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 弱势 (Guoyu '虛' n 4) -
adjective
sparse; rare
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 稀少 (Kroll 2015 '虛' 2, p. 514) -
adjective
weak; not substantial
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 虚弱 (Guoyu '虛' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '虛' 2a, p. 514) -
noun
a direction
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 方位; for example 四虚 the four directions (Guoyu '虛' n 6) -
adjective
flustered
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 心慌 (Guoyu '虛' adj 5) -
adjective
modest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 谦虚 (Guoyu '虛' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '虛' 6, p. 514) -
verb
to empty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 使空 (Guoyu '虛' v 1) -
adverb
in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; wasted
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 白白地 (Guoyu '虛' adv; Kroll 2015 '虛' 5, p. 514) -
noun
death
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '虛' 1b, p. 514) -
noun
false; mithya
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mithyā (BCSD '虛', p. 1034; MW 'mithyā') -
noun
empty; in vain; tuccha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tuccha, Tibetan: gsog (BCSD '虛', p. 1034; MW 'mithyā')
Contained in
- 一水贯通五湖四海 一月普照万国九州 一雨滋润山川草木 一雷觉醒大地群迷 一理贯通千差万别 一言决断古今犹豫 一心广含十方虚空 一念慈悲众生受益(一水貫通五湖四海 一月普照萬國九州 一雨滋潤山川草木 一雷覺醒大地群迷 一理貫通千差萬別 一言決斷古今猶豫 一心廣含十方虛空 一念慈悲眾生受益) One water flows through all rivers and seas. One moon shines on all kingdoms and continents. One rain nourishes a mountain's rivers, grass, and trees. One thunder awakens the confused minds of the whole land. One principle mastered makes all the difference. One final call puts an end to all doubts. One all-embracing mind: the vast emptiness. One thought of compassion benefits all beings.
- 虚无(虛無) nothingness ; nothingness, unreal
- 清净真佛地 觉性本虚空(清淨真佛地 覺性本虛空) Purity is true Buddha land; Awakening nature is ultimate emptiness.
- 虚空住(虛空住) Ākāśapratiṣṭhita
- 心如明月连天净 性似虚空彻底清(心如明月連天淨 性似虛空徹底清) A heart as radiant as the moon that spans the clear sky; A nature as crystal-clear as the vast emptiness.
- 虚空眼明妃(虛空眼明妃) Wisdom Consort Sky Eye
- 言无名利 行绝虚浮(言無名利 行絕虛浮) Speak Not of Fame and Gain; Act Without Superficiality
- 诸天在虚空中(諸天在虛空中) there in devas in the air
- 虚空知天(虛空知天) Ākāśānantyāyatana Heaven
- 虚空慧菩萨(虛空慧菩薩) Gaganamati Bodhisattva
- 虚空藏菩萨神呪经(虛空藏菩薩神呪經) Ākāśagarbhasūtra; Xukong Zang Pusa Shen Zhou Jing
- 大虚空藏菩萨念诵法(大虛空藏菩薩念誦法) Recitation Methods of the Great Akasagarbha Bodhisattva
- 虚空藏菩萨经(虛空藏菩薩經) Ākāśagarbhasūtra (Xukong Zang Pusa Jing)
- 虚空眼(虛空眼) Gaganalocana
- 佛说虚空藏菩萨陀罗尼(佛說虛空藏菩薩陀羅尼) Ākāśagarbhadhāraṇī; Fo Shuo Xukong Zang Pusa Tuoluoni
- 等虚空界(等虛空界) the same as the realm of space
Also contained in
虚客族 、 虚无主义 、 虚警 、 阴虚 、 虚拟环境 、 故弄玄虚 、 虚构 、 地遂虚 、 虚拟现实置标语言 、 虚机 、 虚与委蛇 、 务虚 、 虚度 、 虚誉 、 虚报 、 背景虚化 、 虚夸 、 虚文 、 徒有虚名 、 虚宫格 、 虚张声势 、 眼见为实，耳听为虚 、 避实击虚 、 发虚 、 不虚此行 、 冲虚真经 、 心虚 、 虚拟 、 共轭虚数 、 虚心 、 虚假 、 虚谎 、 虚岁 、 虚电路 、 虚室
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Avoiding Misfortune Caused by the Seven Planets (Qi Yao Rang Zai Jue) 七曜攘災決 — count: 102
- Scroll 2 Er Di Yi 二諦義 — count: 59
- Scroll 2 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 55
- Scroll 1 Zhao Lun 肇論 — count: 53 , has English translation
- Scroll 14 Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經 — count: 52 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Viṁśatikāvṛtti (Dasheng Weishi Lun) 大乘唯識論 — count: 47
- Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 45
- Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 44
- Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 43
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 42
Collocations
- 余虚 (餘虛) 此實餘虛 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 99
- 虚妄 (虛妄) 終不虛妄 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 18
- 真谛虚 (真諦虛) 真諦不虛 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 17
- 终虚 (終虛) 終不虛妄 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 虚不空 (虛不空) 不虛不空 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 陵虚 (陵虛) 陵虛至東方 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
- 学道虚 (學道虛) 善眼大師及諸弟子學道不虛 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 如实虚 (如實虛) 如實不虛 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 5
- 虚渴 (虛渴) 眾甚虛渴欲見世尊 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 4
- 虚耗 (虛耗) 外色不潔果實虛耗 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 2 — count: 4