空 洞 kōng dòng cavity / empty / vacuous 白 white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera 空 空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 虚 空 xū kōng void / hollow / empty 清 空 qīng kōng to clear / to empty 无 物 wú wù nothing / empty 空 空 如 也 kōng kōng rú yě as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) 萧 然 xiāo rán desolate / empty 散 场 sàn chǎng (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end 清 零 qīng líng to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive) 排 空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 空 泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty 空 落 落 kōng luò luò empty / desolate 空 empty / air / sky / in vain 空 to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time 倒 空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out 唐 to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗[tang2] 廓 big / empty / open 寥 empty / lonesome / very few 匮 to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted 瘪 deflated / shriveled / sunken / empty 罄 to use up / to exhaust / empty 枵 empty / hollow of a tree 肙 a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty 霩 variant of 廓, big / empty / open 空 疏 kōng shū shallow / empty 空 空 洞 洞 kōng kōng dòng dòng empty / hollow / lacking in substance 空 洞 洞 kōng dòng dòng empty / deserted 注 入 zhù rù to pour into / to empty into 空 旷 kōng kuàng spacious and empty / void 空 心 kòng xīn on an empty stomach 倾 倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour / to empty out 空 荡 荡 kōng dàng dàng absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum 中 空 zhōng kōng hollow / empty interior 寂 寥 jì liáo (literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty 空 位 kōng wèi empty place / room (for sb) 空 腹 kōng fù an empty stomach 空 话 kōng huà empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip 赤 手 空 拳 chì shǒu kōng quán empty hand, empty fist (idiom) / having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless 虚 言 xū yán empty words / false words 放 空 fàng kōng 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 陈 腐 chén fǔ trite / clichéd / empty and trite / banality / platitude 小 解 xiǎo jiě to urinate / to empty one's bladder 金 蝉 脱 壳 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan 空 巢 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out 空 白 点 kòng bái diǎn gap / empty space 拉 to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels 广 漠 guǎng mò vast and empty 唱 高 调 chàng gāo diào to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom) 控 to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia 空 口 说 白 话 kōng kǒu shuō bái huà to make empty promises 唱 空 城 计 chàng kōng chéng jì lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem&rdquo / (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty / (of one's stomach) to be rumbling 徒 disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare or empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence 虚 emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain 咕 (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc 阆 lofty / high gate / empty moat 空 穴 来 风 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim) 座 无 虚 席 zuò wú xū xí lit. a banquet with no empty seats / full house / capacity crowd / standing room only 人 去 楼 空 rén qù lóu kōng 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 空 洞 无 物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show 空 城 计 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff 空 室 清 野 kōng shì qīng yě empty room, clean field (idiom) / clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy 空 话 连 篇 kōng huà lián piān long-winded empty talk 翻 空 出 奇 fān kōng chū qí to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom) / new and different ideas 若 有 所 失 ruò yǒu suǒ shī as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty 空 空 荡 荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum 形 同 虚 设 xíng tóng xū shè to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom) 放 空 炮 fàng kōng pào (lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises 大 解 dà jiě to defecate / to empty one's bowels 虚 腕 xū wàn empty wrist (method of painting) 假 大 空 jiǎ dà kōng empty words / bogus speech 倾 囊 qīng náng to empty one's pocket / to give everything to help sb 俭 腹 jiǎn fù lit. empty belly / hollow / vacuous / devoid of content 光 动 嘴 guāng dòng zuǐ empty talk / mere rhetoric / palaver 咕 咕 叫 gū gū jiào sound made by an empty stomach 回 空 huí kōng to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight) 天 低 吴 楚 ， 眼 空 无 物 tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom) / nothing to see to the broad horizon 有 嘴 无 心 yǒu zuǐ wú xīn to talk without any intention of acting on it / empty prattle 槺 empty space inside a building 留 白 liú bái to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) 空 口 白 话 kōng kǒu bái huà empty promises 空 幻 kōng huàn vanity / empty fantasy / illusion 空 穴 来 风 未 必 无 因 kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom) 空 身 kōng shēn empty handed (carrying nothing) / alone 空 阒 kōng qù empty and quiet 空 集 kōng jí empty set (set theory) 虚 文 xū wén dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality 虚 文 浮 礼 xū wén fú lǐ empty formality 虚 誉 xū yù imaginary reputation / empty fame 空 飞 empty leg 人 是 铁 饭 是 钢 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright 半 瓶 水 响 叮 当 bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest 掏 空 tāo kōng to hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling 一 瓶 子 不 响 ， 半 瓶 子 晃 荡 yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang lit. a full bottle makes no sound / a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise 嵺 (literary) vast and empty
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