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Definition
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empty
箱子是空的。The box is empty.
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air
歌声在空中浮荡。The sound of singing floated through the air.
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sky
天空很清朗。The sky is bright and clear.
- in vain
Other pronunciations
| 空 | kòng |
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Compounds (12)
to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia
Related words (255)
incomplete meal of a single dish; meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine; rice without meat or vegetables
phony; so-called; armchair (expert); vain (promise); (finance) short-seller; bear (market); short (selling)
window period (time between first infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies); intervening period of time
unprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched; unique
(lit.) to rush at thin air; (fig.) to miss one's aim; to have nothing to show for one's troubles
to relax completely; to empty one's mind; (finance) to sell short; (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers); to deadhead
built above the ground (on stilts); (fig.) unfounded; impractical (cf castles in the air); (fig.) a mere figurehead
(lit.) to fire blank shots; (fig.) to be all talk and no action; to shoot one's mouth off; to make empty promises
the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate); the whole town turns out
carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG); naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier
Idioms (24)
pavilion in the air (idiom); castle in the air; unrealistic Utopian construction; castles in Spain; imaginary future plans
empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy; scorched earth policy
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
sound of footsteps in an empty valley (idiom); a rare occurrence; That's sth you don't often hear!
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom); the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind; the place is deserted; the birds have flown
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom); (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative; unconstrained in style
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas; the whole wide world; chatting about everything under the sun
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending; supercilious
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending; supercilious
to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas
empty hand, empty fist (idiom); having nothing to rely on; unarmed and defenseless
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