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HSK
open-minded / humble
HSK 5
to make up / fabrication / fictional / imaginary
HSK 7-9
to imagine; to make up / fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical / (computing) to emulate / (computing) virtual
HSK 7-9
weak / in poor health
HSK 7-9
false; phony; sham
HSK 7-9
false / hypocritical / artificial / sham
HSK 7-9
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emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain
HSK 7-9
imaginary / illusory
HSK 7-9
imaginary number
virtual machine
vanity
nominal position
virtual circuit / VC
dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line
to feign civility (idiom)
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
false alarm / panic rumor / CL: 場|场
void / hollow / empty
nothingness
what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation
to fritter away (one's time)
to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood) / heat exhaustion
false reputation
virtual image
fabricated
to misreport / fraudulent report
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁
excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
(linguistics) function word
illusory; imaginary; fanciful
to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
false friendship; hypocritical show of affection
hard to tell if it's real or sham
empty words / false words
to boast / to brag / boastful / exaggerative / pompous / bombastic
light and airy / floating
dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality
white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
to go through the motions
subjunctive mood (grammar)
empty formality
looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance
virtual environment
Akasagarbha Bodhisattva
vanity
nihilism
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
virtual reality (Tw)
virtual private network (VPN)
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
(TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang / asthenia
a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
modest and studious (idiom)
virtual network
virtual particle
virtual reality
false but apparently real
people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
to waste time on worthless activities
virtual private network (VPN)
virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)
virtual connection
imaginary star (in astrology)
fiction
to falsely or exaggeratedly label (a product)
null hypothesis (statistics)
to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
empty wrist (method of painting)
tricky and hypocritical
false
false alert
imaginary reputation / empty fame
to play tricks / to deceive


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