虚 xū
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 虍 — tiger
- Made of
- 虍 tiger 业 business, profession
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
虚幻
xūhuàn
unreal; illusory
Characters in this word
幻 huàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 舞台上的薄雾和灯光营造出一种虚幻的月夜气氛。 Wǔtái shàng de bówù hé dēngguāng yíngzào chū yì zhǒng xūhuàn de yuèyè qìfēn. The mist and lighting on stage created an unreal moonlit atmosphere.
- 他整天沉迷网络，渐渐分不清现实和虚幻的界限。 Tā zhěngtiān chénmí wǎngluò, jiànjiàn fēnbùqīng xiànshí hé xūhuàn de jièxiàn. He spends all day lost in the internet and gradually can no longer tell reality from illusion.
- 童话里的故事虽然虚幻，却常常藏着朴素的道理。 Tónghuà li de gùshi suīrán xūhuàn, què chángcháng cángzhe pǔsù de dàolǐ. Though fairy-tale stories are unreal, they often hold simple truths.
Related words
- 虚心 xūxīn modest
- 谦虚 qiānxū modest; to be modest
- 空虚 kōngxū empty; hollow; void
- 弄虚作假 nòngxūzuòjiǎ to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception
- 虚 xū empty; hollow; vague
- 虚构 xūgòu to fabricate; to fictionalise
- 虚假 xūjiǎ false; fake
- 虚拟 xūnǐ virtual; to simulate
- 虚荣 xūróng vanity; vain
- 虚弱 xūruò weak; feeble
- 虚伪 xūwěi hypocritical; false
- 幻想 huànxiǎng to fantasize; fantasy, illusion