阴虚火旺 — Chinese idiom
阴虚火旺
yīn xū huǒ wàng
Traditional: 陰虛火旺
Meaning
- an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy
Character by character
- 阴yīnthe female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implic
- 虚xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 旺wàngto flourish, to prosper; prosperous
Idioms sharing a character
- 光阴似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn
- 光阴荏苒 guāng yīn rěn rǎn
- 阴差阳错 yīn chā yáng cuò
- 阴谋诡计 yīn móu guǐ jì
- 阴魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn
- 阳奉阴违 yáng fèng yīn wéi
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
- 以虚带实 yǐ xū dài shí
- 做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn xū
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