空穴来风
kōngxué-láifēngTraditional 空穴來風
unfounded rumor; not without cause (original sense)
Every meaning
kōngxué-láifēng
- unfounded rumor
- not without cause (original sense)
Its characters
- 空kōngempty; hollow
- 穴xuécave; den; hole
- 来láito come
- 风fēngwind
Words with 空
Words with 穴
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.