Depicting the supernatural
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi á OSH é nhu à Gu à, which means to describe things that don't exist by imagination. It comes from Lu Xun's preface to Ye Zi, the second volume of qijieting essays.
Idiom explanation
Describe things that don't exist by imagination.
The origin of Idioms
Lu Xun's preface to Ye Zi in the second episode of qijieting's Essays: "there is no proof to depict the spirit and the ghost, but it can only rely on the mind."
Idiom usage
To make up something out of thin air
Depicting the supernatural
drift from one place to another - sì hǎi piāo líng
plug one 's ears while stealing a bell - yǎn ěr tōu líng
the fit proportion of architecture - zhú bāo sōng mào
Risk the world's great injustice - mào tiān xià zhī dà bù wéi