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  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
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  *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
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
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
spare time / free time
HSK 3
mere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof (idiom)
to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
airport (abbr. for 航空港)
space station
air-to-surface (missile)
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
air pollution
lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
paratroopers
stewardess / air hostess
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
drone equipped for aerial photography
air crash / aviation accident or incident
HSK 7-9
cavity / empty / vacuous
to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
dogfight (of planes)
fake important personage / sham
bounced check; bad check / (idiom) empty promise
to make a journey for nothing
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
absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
air conditioning
flight attendant / cabin crew
alley-oop (basketball)
air force / air defense
abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
gap / empty space
window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies) / period during which sth is lacking (boyfriend or girlfriend, work, revenue, production of a commodity etc) / lull / hiatus
empty; deserted
HSK 7-9
space probe
air base
cavity
blank space
HSK 7-9
hollow / emptiness / meaningless
HSK 7-9
to hijack (a plane) / aircraft hijacking / skyjacking
pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans
empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy
neutral gear
blank check
space exploration
prattle / idle chit-chat
air transport
gunship (aircraft)
see 蕹菜
shell company; shell corporation
free / vacant / unoccupied
pretentious and vacuous person
ventilation; air circulation
phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
empty and silent / desolate
atmospheric drag
vacancy
vacancy / unfilled work place
adverse effects caused by prolonged air-conditioning exposure, including dizziness, headaches, fatigue or chest tightness
air conditioned vehicle
bear market
empty-handed
crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
HSK 7-9
useless person
utopian socialism
blank / blank space on a form / space / (indicating missing or illegible character)
space bar (keyboard)
to float in the air
air-to-air missile
gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance / nothing new to show
to airdrop
idle / free time / leisure
aerodynamics
empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
to make an air raid
incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
cavity wall / hollow wall
air war / air warfare
karate
trapeze artist / frequent flyer
air traffic control
impractical dreamer
to return empty-handed / to fail to win anything
air purifier
gap / interval
Air Force One, US presidential jet
air traffic controller
(formal) air conditioner
deserted
empty place / room (for sb)

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