虚々実々

虚虚実実

Reading

Kana: きょきょじつじつ

Romaji: kyokyojitsujitsu

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

虚

Readings: キョ、 コ、 むな.しい、 うつ.ろ

Meanings: void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

実

Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る

Meanings: reality, truth