"無中生有" meaning in Chinese

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      "english": "All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).",
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      "roman": "Tiānxià wànwù shēng yú yǒu, yǒu shēng yú wú.",
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      "text": "天下萬物生於有，有生於無。",
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      "roman": "Tiānxià wànwù shēng yú yǒu, yǒu shēng yú wú.",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "天下万物生于有，有生于无。",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Chapter 40 of Tao Te Ching",
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      "glosses": [
        "all existence sprang from nonexistence"
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      "zh-pron": "wúzhōng-shēngyǒu"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ zung¹ sang¹ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bho⁵ dang¹ sên¹ u⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúzhōng-shēngyǒu"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wújhongshengyǒu"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-chung¹-shêng¹-yu³"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-jūng-shēng-yǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wujongshengyeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "учжуншэнъю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "učžunšɛnʺju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh jūng sāng yáuh"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ dzung¹ sang¹ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ zung¹ seng¹ yeo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bho⁵ dang¹ sên¹ u⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô tang seⁿ ŭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³⁻²³ u³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³⁻²³ u³⁵/"
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  ],
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    "Tao Te Ching"
  ],
  "word": "無中生有"
}

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      "english": "All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).",
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      "roman": "Tiānxià wànwù shēng yú yǒu, yǒu shēng yú wú.",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "天下萬物生於有，有生於無。",
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "天下万物生于有，有生于无。",
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        "all existence sprang from nonexistence"
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        "(Taoism) all existence sprang from nonexistence"
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      "zh-pron": "wúzhōng-shēngyǒu"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄧㄡˇ"
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ zung¹ sang¹ jau⁵"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúzhōng-shēngyǒu"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "wújhongshengyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-chung¹-shêng¹-yu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-jūng-shēng-yǒu"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wujongshengyeou"
    },
    {
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "учжуншэнъю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "učžunšɛnʺju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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      "zh-pron": "mòuh jūng sāng yáuh"
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ dzung¹ sang¹ jau⁵"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ zung¹ seng¹ yeo⁵"
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        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "bho⁵ dang¹ sên¹ u⁶"
    },
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        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô tang seⁿ ŭ"
    },
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        "Teochew"
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    },
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