虛火
simp虚火heoi1 fo2xū huǒ
English
- excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM)
- the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
- (Chin med.) relatively excess of heat(Yang) caused by leak of fluid (Yin) in internal organs ; irritableness
- 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
- (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
- 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