"Hollow" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 kōng xū hollow / emptiness / meaningless
 xū kōng void / hollow / empty
 kōng xīn hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
 zhōng kōng hollow / empty interior
 āo xiàn to cave in / hollow / sunken / depressed
 kōng kōng rú yě as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc)
 wā kōng to excavate / to hollow
 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus
 ào depression / cavity / hollow / Taiwan pr. [ao1]
 kōu hollow / scallion stalk
 kuǎng low ground / hollow / depression (used in Shandong place names)
 guó hollow
 kuǎn crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of 款[kuan3]
 jiǎn fù lit. empty belly / hollow / vacuous / devoid of content
 kōng kōng dòng dòng empty / hollow / lacking in substance
 xuē shòu thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow
 zhǎng xīn hollow of the palm
 gān xiào to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1]
 huá ér bù shí flower but no fruit (idiom) / handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy
 yǎn eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot
 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods
 táng chest (of body) / hollow space / throat
 xiāo empty / hollow of a tree
 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
 yǎo sunken eyes / deep and hollow / remote and obscure / variant of 杳[yao3]
 wā to form hollow / pit
 yǔ percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick
 shǒu xīn li hollow of one's hand
 kōng xīn qiáng cavity wall / hollow wall
 guó wō popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
 zhuī xíng zhuāng yào hollow charge / shaped charge
  hollow charge / shaped charge
 jù néng zhuāng yào hollow charge / shaped charge
  hollow core / shell
 tāo kōng to hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling
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