粵

虛heoi1火fo2

simp虚火
heoi1 fo2xū huǒ

English

  1. excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM)
  2. the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
  3. (Chin med.) relatively excess of heat(Yang) caused by leak of fluid (Yin) in internal organs ; irritableness
  4. a simile of the trends that doesn't have true driving force, cannot sustain for long, just a fad that would drop quickly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (中醫)身體虛弱、陰液不足而陽氣變得相對旺盛,產生躁熱表象,又稱陰虛火旺
  2. 比喻一啲趨勢只係一時熱潮,無乜實力,唔能夠持續,好快會減退

Examples

  • 你虛火上升,要多啲休息。

    You need more rest because your body has too much "heat". ----

  • 依家個市只係虛火,社會經濟因素全部向下,啲指數好快又會跟住跌返落嚟。

    The stock market is just a fad now; with all economic factors trending downward, the indexes will soon follow and drop.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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