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无中生有

wúzhōngshēngyǒu

to create something from nothing (idiom)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to create something from nothing (idiom)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 无中生有 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 无中生有 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

这完全是无中生有的东西。zhè wán quán shì wú zhōng shēng yǒu de dōng xī。

No published English translation for this sentence.

艺术难得要死。如果你在傍晚喝一瓶酒，你会觉得轻而易举。第二天早上，在画布前清醒地看待一切，再次将事物无中生有，感觉完全不同。如果我从早上开始绘画，一天剩下的时间里我都是一具行尸走肉。yì shù nán dé yào sǐ。 rú guǒ nǐ zài bàng wǎn hē yī píng jiǔ， nǐ huì jué de qīng ér yì jǔ。 dì èr tiān zǎo shàng， zài huà bù qián qīng xǐng dì kàn dài yī qiè， zài cì jiāng shì wù wú zhōng shēng yǒu， gǎn jué wán quán bù tóng。 rú guǒ wǒ cóng zǎo shàng kāi shǐ huì huà， yī tiān shèng xià de shí jiān lǐ wǒ dōu shì yī jù xíng shī zǒu ròu。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 无中生有.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 无中生有.

Directly before

  • 是无中生有1
  • 事物无中生有1

Directly after

  • 无中生有的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 无中生有

What does 无中生有 mean in Chinese?

无中生有 (wúzhōngshēngyǒu) means to create something from nothing (idiom).

How do you pronounce 无中生有?

无中生有 is pronounced wúzhōngshēngyǒu.

Is 无中生有 an HSK word?

无中生有 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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