4 (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers)
5 to deadhead
Idioms (20)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
3 the place is deserted
4 the birds have flown
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
1 a common occurrence (idiom)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
2 this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
天下太平
tiān xià tài píng
1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
1 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
3 unconstrained in style
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
tài píng shèng shì
1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
2 fig. hell freezes over
3 pigs can fly
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
2 to rack one's brains
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
1 to bully intolerably (idiom)
海阔天空
hǎi kuò tiān kōng
1 wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
2 the whole wide world
3 chatting about everything under the sun
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
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