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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
sky
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
aviation
HSK 4
outer space
HSK 5
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
high altitude
HSK 7-9
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
outer space
to omit; to neglect (to do sth) / to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by
to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless
to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
openwork / fretwork
baseless (lie) / without foundation
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
starry sky; the star-studded heavens
to fail / to come to nothing / to fall through (of plans, hopes) / to lie
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
low altitude
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
to drain out; to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky
cloze (pedagogy)
void / hollow / empty
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
to clear / to empty
two-character surname Sikong
anti-aircraft defense
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
to find the time to do sth
night sky
to sell short (finance)
all in vain; futile
the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)
to relax completely / to empty one's mind / (finance) to sell short / (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers) / to deadhead
territorial air space
a clear blue sky
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
overhead / up in the sky
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
to soar / to rise high into the air
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
in debt / in the red / in deficit
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
Yukon (Canadian territory adjacent to Alaska)
to have leisure time
to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
to short-sell (finance)
filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
Asiana Airlines, South Korean airline
lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)
to take some time out / to make use of a spare moment
petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
to speculate / to play the market / (fig.) to sell hot air / to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
idle / free time / leisure
cloze (pedagogy)
to have time (to do sth)
to hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling
variant of 憑空|凭空
to miss one's step / (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises
to buy on margin (finance)
to open an aperture / (extended meaning) to cut a way through / to open up a road
Air France
Japan Airlines (JAL)
Delta Air Lines, Inc., airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
American Airlines
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
to miss one's step
to travel through time
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong-based airline
leaving none left / (sold etc) out
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
(math.) (of a set) non-empty; (computing) (of a data structure) non-empty
(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
whiteout
China Eastern Airlines
parallel universe
from a distance; through the air; remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)
deep space (outer space)
Emirates (airline)
to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out
hopes are dashed
poor prospects in the short term (finance)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (operating as Dragonair), Hong Kong-based international airline
China United Airlines
to steal everything
Korean Air, South Korea's main airline
China Eastern Airlines
EVA Air, Taiwanese international airline
hollow / empty interior
high-to-medium-altitude air defense (HIMAD)
lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom) / fig. (of a dwelling) empty; deserted
empty words / bogus speech
to sell short (finance)

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