無中生有

ちゅうしょうゆう, むちゅうせいゆうchuushouyuu

noun

  1. creation out of nothing
  2. making something out of thin air
  3. pure fabrication
  4. "Creating Something from Nothing" (7th of the Thirty-Six Stratagems)
  5. making a non-existent thing appear to exist to deceive an enemy

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences