向壁虛構

Chinese

			to fabricate; to make up
trad. (向壁虛構)		向壁	虛構
simp. (向壁虚构)		向壁	虚构
Literally: “to face the wall and fabricate”.

Etymology

See the etymology at 向壁虛造.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngbìxūgòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ bik¹ heoi¹ kau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngbìxūgòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngbìsyugòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-pi⁴-hsü¹-kou⁴
    • Yale: syàng-bì-syū-gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqbihshiugow
    • Palladius: сянбисюйгоу (sjanbisjujgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng³ bik¹ heoi¹ kau³
    • Yale: heung bīk hēui kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ bik⁷ hoey¹ kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ big¹ hêu¹ keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ pɪk̚⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/

Idiom

向壁虛構

1. to make up out of one's head; to fabricate; to imagine without ground

   • 我對平劇並非內行，但以上的意見也絕非向壁虛構，有暇打算對戲劇問題另寫專文討論。 [MSC, trad.]
     我对平剧并非内行，但以上的意见也绝非向壁虚构，有暇打算对戏剧问题另写专文讨论。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1941, 王實味 (Wang Shiwei), 《文藝民族形式問題上的舊錯誤與新偏向》, quoted from the Marxists Internet Archive

     Wǒ duì píngjù bìngfēi nèiháng, dàn yǐshàng de yìjiàn yě juéfēi xiàngbìxūgòu, yǒu xiá dǎsuàn duì xìjù wèntí lìng xiě zhuānwén tǎolùn. [Pinyin]

     I am not an expert in Peking Opera, but the opinions above are by no means groundless fabrication. I plan to write a special article on drama when I have time.

Synonyms

• 向壁虛造／向壁虚造 (xiàngbìxūzào)