xuán kōng
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  • 1

    v.hang in the air; suspend in midair

    • shēn tǐ xuán kōng

      身体悬空

      with one's body hanging in midair

    • tā zhuā zhù gàng zi shēn tǐ xuán kōng zhěng zhěng fēn zhōng

      抓住杠子身体悬空20分钟

      She held onto the horizontal bar and her body hung in the air for a full twenty minutes.

  • 2

    v.metabe unsettled; be divorced from reality; be impractical

    • tā gōng zuò hái xuán kōng zhe suǒ yǐ shēng jì dé kào fù mǔ

      工作悬空所以生计父母

      Now that his job remains in suspense, he's got to depend on his parents for a living.

    • nà bǐ zī jīn hái xuán kōng zhe ne

      资金悬空

      This sum of money is still unsettled.

    • zī jīn hái xuán kōng zhe shuō mǎi fáng de shì yě zhǐ shì kōng tán

      资金悬空只是空谈

      With finances still unsettled, it is impractical to talk about buying houses.