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凌虛 soar to the skies.
(2) A vulnerable, not defended, point: 乘虛而入 (the enemy) enter, taking advantage of the unpreparedness.
虛空 [xU1kong1]↓;
虛無縹渺 (talk which is) abstruse, vague, insubstantial;
膝下猶虛 (of married couple) still childless.
(2) Vain, nominal: 虛名虛利 reputation and material wealth, regarded as vain;
虛文 [xU1wen2]↓;
虛銜，虛號 nominal title;
虛言，虛辭 vain words, promises;
虛談 twaddle, “gas.”
(3) Humble, open-minded: 謙虛 modest;
虛心，虛懷，虛沖 [xU1xin1], [xU1huai2], [xU1chong1]↓.
(4) Timid: 膽虛 timid, frightened;
心虛 (contrast 虛心 above) have a guilty conscience.
(5) Weak: 虛弱 [xU1ruo4]↓;
體虛 body is weakened.
(6) False, insubstantial, worthless: 虛偽 [xU1wei4]↓;
不知虛實 do not know whether it is true or false;
虛情假意 hypocritical show of cordiality;
虛與委蛇 pretend to have interest and sympathy;
虛報 make a false report (of funds);
虛謗 malign gossip;
虛詐 [xU1zha4]↓.
彈無虛發 no shot was wasted;
虛有其表 (of man) good looks without substantial ability or virility;
虛張聲勢 make pretenses (of wealth, power);
虛應故事 do s.t. for form's sake only;
這位等於虛設 the post exists nominally only;
虛耗公帑 waste public funds;
虛費 sundry, unnecessary expenses.
(2) Based on imagination rather than reality: 虛設，虛想，虛構，虛擬 [xU1she4], [xU1xiang3], [xU1gou4], [xU1ni3]↓.
2.虛薄 [xU1bo2]2, adj., thin, insubstantial (provisions, character).
3.虛怯 [xU1qie4], adj., timid.
4.虛器 [xU1qi4], n., (AC) ability without power.
5.虛沖 [xU1chong1], adj., open-minded and modest.
6.虛誕 [xU1dan4], adj., given to exaggeration, exaggerated, fantastic.
7.虛浮 [xU1fu2], adj., flighty, superficial (opinions).
8.虛構 [xU1gou4], adj. & n., purely imaginative, -tion.
9.虛恭 [xU1gong1], adj., (1) modest, retiring; (2) 出虛恭 let off gas, from 出恭 regular bowel movement.
10.虛喝 [xU1he4], v.i., to threaten with words.
11.虛幻 [xU1huan4], adj., vain, vainglorious; adj.,(Budd.) illusive, false (appearance of sensuous experience).
12.虛懷 [xU1huai2], adj., modest, open-minded: 虛懷若谷 (Taoist) receptive heart “like the valley,”free from pride and prejudices.
13.虛火 [xU1huo3], n., (1) (Chin. med.) fever or nervous heart from gen. weakness: 虛火上升 easily get excited, irascible; (2) (contempt.) (rely on) s.o. else's power or influence.
14.虛詐 [xU1zha4], adj., deceitful, tricky.
15.虛假 [xU1jia3], adj., deceitful, false, hypocritical, also 虛虛假假.
16.虛竭 [xU1jie2], adj., exhausted (vitality, funds).
17.虛靜 [xU1jing4], adj., quiet and passionless.
18.虛己 [xU1ji3], adj., not self-opinionated, ready to listen to advice.
19.虛驚 [xU1jing1], v.i. & n., (to experience) a false alarm: 受了虛驚 received a shock; 飽受虛驚 suffer from nervous fears.
20.虛衷 [xU1zhong1], adj., open-minded, willing to take advice; modest.
21.虛曠 [xU1kuang4], adj., broad and open (country).
22.虛空 [xU1kong1], n., (1) the upper space; n., (2) (Budd.) void, emptiness of the material world, also adj., unreal, insubstantial.
23.虛勞 [xU1lao2], n., (Chin. med.) gen. debility.
24.虛面子 [xU1mian4zi0], n., insincere gesture of politeness, formal hospitality or friendship.
25.虛靡 [xU1mi3], v.t., to waste (time, funds).
26.虛名 [xU1ming2], n., (1) hollow reputation; (2) nominal office, title or rank.
27.虛擬 [xU1ni3], v.i. & t. & n., conjecture, hypothetical supposition.
28.虛牝 [xU1pin4], n., empty valley: 虛牝光陰 waste good time.
29.虛弱 [xU1ruo4], adj., debilitated (health), lacking in vitality.
30.虛榮 [xU1rong2], n., vainglory: 虛榮心 vanity, love of vainglory.
31.虛設 [xU1she4], adj., nominal (title, position).
32.虛聲 [xU1sheng1], (1) adj. & adv., making exaggerated reports; (2) n., false reports (of victory, etc.).
33.虛想 [xU1xiang3], n. & v.i., imagine, -ation, a mere wish.
34.虛線 [xU1xian4], n., dotted line.
35.虛像 [xU1xiang4], n., (phys.) virtual image.
36.虛邪 (1) [xU1xie2], adj., debilitated; (2) ([xU1xU2]= 虛徐) leisurely.
37.虛心 [xU1xin1], adj., not self-opinionated, ready to take advice.
38.虛數 [xU1shu4], n., (math.) imaginary number.
39.虛實 [xU1shi2], n., truth or opposite of a matter: 探聽軍中虛實 spy on enemy's true conditions or plans.
40.虛頭 [xU1tou2], n., (coll.) empty talk.
41.虛辭 [xU1ci2], n., subterfuge, irrelevant talk.
42.虛脫 [xU1tuo1], n. & v.i., (med.) physical collapse from gen. debility, to be in such symptom.
43.虛足 [xU1zu2], n., (zoo.) pseudopodia.
44.虛字 [xU1zi4], n., (Chin. gram.) functional words (conj., adv., exclamation) versus 實字 substantive words (n. & pron.).
45.虛妄 [xU1wang4], adj., absurd, ostentatious and fake.
46.虛偽 [xU1wei4], adj. & n., false, -ness; hypocritical, -crisy.
47.虛文 [xU1wen2], n., routine formalities: 虛文褥節 empty forms, rituals.
48.虛無 [xU1wu2], adj. & n., unreal, -ity; 虛無主義 nihilism.
49.虛言 [xU1yan2], n., empty talk.
50.虛譽 [xU1yU4], n., fame without substance.