虚空 (xū kōng) — empty, void, lacking substance; unreal, illusory (especially in Buddhist context)
Definition
Literary word for 'void / emptiness' — often in a philosophical or Buddhist sense, meaning something that looks real but has no true substance. Stricter and more abstract than plain 空.
adjective
emptyvoidlacking substanceunrealillusory (especially in Buddhist context)
Examples
- 虚空，。Tā gǎn dào rén shēng xū kōng, háo wú yì yì.He felt that life was empty and meaningless.
- 虚空。Fó jiā rèn wéi wàn fǎ jiē xū kōng.Buddhists believe that all phenomena are empty.
- 虚空，。Zhè zhǒng chéng nuò tài xū kōng le, wú fǎ xiāng xìn.This kind of promise is too empty to be believed.
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