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Chinese
Etymology
Coined by Tang poet Bai Juyi, in The Song of Everlasting Regret:
忽聞海上有仙山，
山在虛無縹緲間。
忽闻海上有仙山，
山在虚无缥缈间。 - From: c. 806, 白居易,《長恨歌》, translated by Witter Bynner
- Hū wén hǎishàng yǒu xiānshān,
Shān zài xūwú piāomiǎo jiān. - And then he heard accounts of an enchanted isle at sea,
A part of the intangible and incorporeal world.
Pronunciation
Idiom
虛無縹緲
- purely imaginary; entirely unreal; visionary; illusory
謫仙狂客何如？看來畢竟歸田好。玉堂無此，三山海上，虛無縹緲。
谪仙狂客何如？看来毕竟归田好。玉堂无此，三山海上，虚无缥缈。 - From: c. 1190s, 劉過,《水龍吟·寄陸放翁》(To the tune of Water Dragon Chant: Sending to Lu You)
- Zhéxiān kuángkè hérú? Kànlái bìjìng guītián hǎo. Yùtáng wú cǐ, sānshān hǎishàng, xūwúpiāomiǎo.
- Immortal banished from the heavens, wild-eyed poet—
How does your exile fare? Yet I behold:
Tilling the earth outshines all earthly bliss.
Sweeter than jade halls where scholars sip their fame,
Beyond those three mythic isles adrift amidst the void.
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这么多年你还在不停奔跑 眼看着明天依然虚无缥缈
這麼多年你還在不停奔跑 眼看著明天依然虛無縹緲 - Zhème duō nián nǐ hái zài bùtíng bēnpǎo, Yǎnkànzhe míngtiān yīrán xūwúpiāomiǎo
- You've been keeping on running since so many years ago / What you can only do is to let tomorrow be still unpredictable