1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
3 the place is deserted
4 the birds have flown
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
1 a common occurrence (idiom)
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
2 this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
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
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 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
3 unconstrained in style
年功加俸
nián gōng jiā fèng
1 increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
2 to go as fast as possible
悔恨交加
huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
1 to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer