Characters
- 空 (空): empty; air; sky; in vain
- 穴 (穴): cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
- 来 (來): to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 风 (風): wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 空穴来风
- MDBG: 空穴来风
- Examples with 空穴来风 on Tatoeba
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