modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks

emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain

lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience

great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos

to take advantage of weakness

to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)

to feel weak; to be diffident

Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)

deficiency of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)

(intentionally) mysterious; arcane

(TCM) kidney deficiency

depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)

deficiency of yang 陽|阳[yang2] (TCM)

deficiency of yin 陰|阴[yin1] (TCM)

Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience

see 所言非虛|所言非虚[suo3 yan2 fei1 xu1]

(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true

deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated

see 此言非虛|此言非虚[ci3 yan2 fei1 xu1]

that is true

to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents; to hide one's light under a bushel

see 避實就虛|避实就虚[bi4 shi2 jiu4 xu1]

(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points

see 耳聽為虛，眼見為實|耳听为虚，眼见为实[er3 ting1 wei2 xu1 , yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2]