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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.empty; hollow; void; vacant; unoccupied
街上空无一人。
There's not a single soul in the street.
书籍已销售一空。
All the books have been sold out.
请问,还有空房间吗?
Excuse me, is there an empty room?
- 2
n.sky
士兵对空射击。
The soldiers fired into the air.
敌方向我军发射一枚空对地导弹。
The enemy fired an air-to-surface missile at our army.
我看见好几只风筝飞在空中。
I saw several kites flying in the sky.
synonym
- 3
adv.for nothing; in vain
她空吹一通。
She prattled away about nothing.
我空跑了一趟。
I made a journey for nothing.
士兵空放了一枪。
The soldier fired a blank shot.
- 4
n.Kong, a surname
Words and phrases with 空
- 空间技术[word]space technology
- 空难[word]air disaster
- 空旷[word]spacious
- 空门[word]Buddhism; empty net
- 空荡荡[word]deserted; concerned
- 空中[word]in the sky; transmitted by radio signals
- 空想[word]indulge in fantasy; unrealistic thought
- 空腹[word]on an empty stomach; ill educated
- 空降[word]land from the air
- 空空洞洞[idiom]devoid of content
- 空前未有[idiom]be unprecedented
- 空谷幽兰[idiom]lonely orchid in a deserted valley
- 空穴来风[idiom]An empty hole invites the wind—weakness lends wings to rumours.
- 空前绝后[idiom]never seen before and will never be seen again
- 空中楼阁[idiom]castle of cards―plans or hopes that are unlikely to be realized
- 空洞无物[idiom]devoid of content
- 空头支票[idiom]dud cheque; empty promise
- 空空如也[idiom]absolutely empty