Definition & Meaning

create/beget/fabricate something out of nothing; purely fictitious; a sheer fabrication out of nothing

Word usage

wú zhōng shēng yǒu

无 中 生 有

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derogcreate/beget/fabricate something out of nothing; purely fictitious; a sheer fabrication out of nothing
- xiǎo bào wú zhōng shēng yǒu niē zào zuì huāng miù de xīn wén
  小报无中生有，捏造最荒谬的新闻。
  The tabloids make up the most ridiculous stories out of thin air.
- què shí bù shì zhè yàng tā shì zài wú zhōng shēng yǒu
  确实不是这样，他是在无中生有。
  Indeed it isn't true. He has made it up.
- zhè shì wú zhōng shēng yǒu de fěi bàng
  这是无中生有的诽谤。
  This is purely fictitious slander.
synonym
kōng xué lái fēng空穴来风 zǐ xū wū yǒu子虚乌有 xiàng bì xū zào向壁虚造
antonym
tiě zhèng rú shān铁证如山 yǒu àn kě jī有案可稽

Word usage

Note
"无中生有" is different from "捕风捉影". "捕风捉影" refers to the absence and disregard of real facts or evidence; "无中生有" refers to deliberate fabrication of facts or evidence.

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