一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
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1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
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1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
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2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
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3 the place is deserted
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4 the birds have flown
仗义疏财
zhàng yì shū cái
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1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
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1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
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1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
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1 a common occurrence (idiom)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
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1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
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2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
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3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
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4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
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1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
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2 this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
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1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
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2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
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1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天网恢恢,疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢,疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
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1 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
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2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
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3 unconstrained in style
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
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1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
才疏学浅
cái shū xué qiǎn
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1 (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
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1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
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2 to rack one's brains
海阔天空
hǎi kuò tiān kōng
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1 wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
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2 the whole wide world
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3 chatting about everything under the sun
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
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1 unable to plan
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2 inept at strategy (idiom)
疏不见亲
shū bù jiàn qīn
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1 lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives
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2 blood is thicker than water (idiom)
疏水箪瓢
shū shuǐ dān piáo
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1 little water and few utensils
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2 to live a frugal life (idiom)