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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
erhua form of 有空
HSK 2
aviation
HSK 4
sky
HSK 3
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
outer space
HSK 5
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
vacant land / open space
HSK 7-9
daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
HSK 7-9
air fryer
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
flag carrier
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
(Tw) evacuation to an air-raid shelter
space tourism
spaceship
spare time / free time
HSK 3
mere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof (idiom)
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong-based airline
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
a common occurrence (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to clear / to empty
spacesuit
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
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
International Space Station
airport (abbr. for 航空港)
space station
anti-aircraft defense
Korean Air, South Korea's main airline
baseless (lie) / without foundation
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
HSK 7-9
the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out
air-to-surface (missile)
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
to find the time to do sth
(finance) sth that engenders bearish sentiment; unfavorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) unfavorable; negative
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
all in vain; futile
lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom) / fig. (of a dwelling) empty; deserted
(math.) vector space; linear space
ground-to-air missile
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
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)
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
air pollution
to travel through time
lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
paratroopers
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
drone equipped for aerial photography
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
air crash / aviation accident or incident
HSK 7-9
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
cavity / empty / vacuous
upside / potential to rise
air terminal
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
space shuttle
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
astronaut
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
American Airlines
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
a clear blue sky
dogfight (of planes)
fake important personage / sham
bounced check; bad check / (idiom) empty promise
hopes are dashed
midair
Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)
spaceship / spacecraft
Amoghasiddhi Buddha
to make a journey for nothing
air and space agency
air supremacy; air superiority
starry sky; the star-studded heavens
to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
outer space
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
flight attendant / on-board service
to have time (to do sth)
absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip

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