kōng xué lái fēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
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空穴來風 空穴来风 [kong1 xue2 lai2 feng1] /lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)/fig. unfounded (story)/baseless (claim)/

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