空穴来风
空穴来风
kōng xué lái fēng
lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom); fig. unfounded (story); baseless (claim)
idiom
Traditional: 空穴來風
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- (idiom) lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
- fig. unfounded (story)
- baseless (claim)
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Related Words
一帆风顺(yī fān fēng shùn)· propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)
→空洞无物(kōng dòng wú wù)· empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance
→空穴来风未必无因(kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn)· wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)· before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
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