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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「向壁虛構」. Details below.

Learn about the idiom 「向壁虛構」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

To the wall: facing the wall. That is, it is created out of thin air facing the wall. A metaphor for making up something out of thin air without being based on facts.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiàng bì xū gòu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

heung3 bik1 heui1 kau3

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.