空洞 | kōng dòng | cavity / empty / vacuous | |
空空 | kōng kōng | empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) | |
空空如也 | kōng kōng rú yě | as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) | |
俭腹 | jiǎn fù | lit. empty belly / hollow / vacuous / devoid of content | |
吟风弄月 | yín fēng nòng yuè | lit. singing of the wind and the moon / fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art) | |
空名 | kōng míng | vacuous reputation / name without substance / in name only / so-called | |
空心老大 | kōng xīn lǎo dà | pretentious and vacuous person |