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  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4
air / atmosphere
HSK 2
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
aviation
HSK 4
sky
HSK 3
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
erhua form of 有空
HSK 2
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
outer space
HSK 5
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
parallel universe
air crash / aviation accident or incident
HSK 7-9
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
vacant land / open space
HSK 7-9
daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
HSK 7-9
(math.) subspace
all in vain; futile
upside / potential to rise
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
aircraft carrier (CL:) / (fig.) juggernaut
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
spaceship
to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
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
to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
spare time / free time
HSK 3
International Space Station
empty; deserted
HSK 7-9
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
outer space
to clear / to empty
spacesuit
baseless (lie) / without foundation
(idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well; to get burned both romantically and financially
flag carrier
(idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success
be high up in the sky
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
night sky
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant / condescending / supercilious
China Eastern Airlines
empty promises
a common occurrence (idiom)
HSK 7-9
airport (abbr. for 航空港)
anti-aircraft defense
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)
four-dimensional space (math.)
American Airlines
three-dimensional space / 3D
People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)
air-to-surface (missile)
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
to find the time to do sth
central air conditioning / (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男, a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry)
(finance) sth that engenders bearish sentiment; unfavorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) unfavorable; negative
atmospheric drag
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
HSK 7-9
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
paratroopers
army, navy, air force
hackerspace; hacklab; makerspace
Japan Airlines (JAL)
stewardess / air hostess
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
high altitude
HSK 7-9
deserted
absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum
overhead / up in the sky
air supremacy; air superiority
lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom) / fig. (of a dwelling) empty; deserted
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
time travel
fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
cavity / empty / vacuous
time travel
air purifier
air terminal
to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
space shuttle
aerodynamics
air base
astronaut
Air France
air war / air warfare
gap / interval
China Eastern Airlines
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
a clear blue sky
air conditioning

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