空穴來風 kōng xué lái fēng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
  2. fig. unfounded (story)
  3. baseless (claim)

CHARACTERS

空 kōng empty, hollow, bare, deserted
穴 xué cave, den, hole; KangXi radical 116
來 lái come, coming; return, returning
風 fēng wind; air; manners, atmosphere