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

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