空穴来风 kōng xué lái fēng

fig. unfounded (story); baseless (claim)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 34729th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
empty; sky; air
hole; cave; cavity
to come; to arrive; next
wind; style; manner