空室清野
kōng shì qīng yě
Pinyin

Definition

空室清野
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kōng shì qīng yě
  1. empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
  2. scorched earth policy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 old variant of 野[yě]
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
jiào shì
  1. 1 classroom
  2. 2 CL:間|间[jiān]
xīng kōng
  1. 1 starry sky
  2. 2 the heavens
shí kōng
  1. 1 time and place
  2. 2 world of a particular locale and era
  3. 3 (physics) space-time
yǒu kòng
  1. 1 to have time (to do sth)
Qīng
  1. 1 Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)
  2. 2 surname Qing
qīng cāng
  1. 1 to take an inventory of stock
  2. 2 to clear out one's stock
Qīng xīn
  1. 1 Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong
qīng zǎo
  1. 1 first thing in the morning
  2. 2 at daybreak
qīng chén
  1. 1 early morning
qīng xī
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
qīng xī dù
  1. 1 definition
  2. 2 sharpness
  3. 3 clarity
qīng chu
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
  4. 4 to be clear about
qīng jié
  1. 1 clean
  2. 2 to clean
qīng xǐng
  1. 1 clear-headed
  2. 2 sober
  3. 3 awake
kōng
  1. 1 empty
  2. 2 air
  3. 3 sky
  4. 4 in vain
kōng qì
  1. 1 air
  2. 2 atmosphere
kōng xū
  1. 1 hollow
  2. 2 emptiness
  3. 3 meaningless
kōng tiáo
  1. 1 air conditioning
  2. 2 air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái]

Idioms (20)

一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
两袖清风
liǎng xiù qīng fēng
  1. 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
  2. 2 uncorrupted
  3. 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. 2 starving people fill the land
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
  1. 1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
坚壁清野
jiān bì qīng yě
  1. 1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
  1. 1 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
  2. 2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
  3. 3 unconstrained in style

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