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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
aviation
HSK 4
sky
HSK 3
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
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong-based airline
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
to clear / to empty
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
anti-aircraft defense
Korean Air, South Korea's main airline
baseless (lie) / without foundation
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
all in vain; futile
lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom) / fig. (of a dwelling) empty; deserted
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
to travel through time
Japan Airlines (JAL)
high altitude
HSK 7-9
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
American Airlines
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
a clear blue sky
hopes are dashed
midair
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
to have time (to do sth)
empty words / bogus speech
to have leisure time
hollow / empty interior
to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain
from a distance; through the air; remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)
China Eastern Airlines
to miss one's step / (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises
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
to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)
China Eastern Airlines
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
to sell short (finance)
to miss one's step
(sports) bye; to get a bye / (of an employee) to be not scheduled at work for a period of time (when working shifts)
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
EVA Air, Taiwanese international airline
Asiana Airlines, South Korean airline
to drain out; to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky
Emirates (airline)
to excavate / to hollow
openwork / fretwork
to sell short (finance)
Yukon (Canadian territory adjacent to Alaska)
to short-sell (finance)
leaving none left / (sold etc) out
lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
power vacuum / political vacuum
to steal everything
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 hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (operating as Dragonair), Hong Kong-based international airline
to fail / to come to nothing / to fall through (of plans, hopes) / to lie
to buy on margin (finance)
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
cloze (pedagogy)
to make time
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
void / hollow / 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
to take some time out / to make use of a spare moment
deep space (outer space)
low altitude
overhead / up in the sky
to soar / to rise high into the air
cloze (pedagogy)
two-character surname Sikong
filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
Delta Air Lines, Inc., airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)
to speculate / to play the market / (fig.) to sell hot air / to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
(math.) (of a set) non-empty; (computing) (of a data structure) non-empty
to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out
petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
Air France
in debt / in the red / in deficit
China United Airlines

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