唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
Pinyin

Definition

唱空城计
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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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唱
chàng
  1. 1 to sing
  2. 2 to call loudly
  3. 3 to chant
唱歌
chàng gē
  1. 1 to sing a song
城
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
天空
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
空气
kōng qì
  1. 1 air
  2. 2 atmosphere
空间
kōng jiān
  1. 1 space
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 (fig.) scope
  4. 4 leeway
  5. 5 (astronomy) outer space
  6. 6 (physics, math.) space
上空
shàng kōng
  1. 1 overhead
  2. 2 in the sky
京城
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
假唱
jiǎ chàng
  1. 1 to lip-sync (singing)
倾城
qīng chéng
  1. 1 coming from everywhere
  2. 2 from all over the place
  3. 3 gorgeous (of woman)
  4. 4 to ruin and overturn the state
全城
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city
半空
bàn kōng
  1. 1 midair
南城
Nán chéng
  1. 1 Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
古城
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
合唱
hé chàng
  1. 1 chorus
  2. 2 to chorus
合唱团
hé chàng tuán
  1. 1 chorus
  2. 2 choir
吟唱
yín chàng
  1. 1 to chant
  2. 2 to recite
唱功
chàng gōng
  1. 1 singing skill
唱片
chàng piàn
  1. 1 gramophone record
  2. 2 LP
  3. 3 music CD
  4. 4 musical album
  5. 5 CL:張|张[zhāng]

Idioms (20)

一唱一和
yī chàng yī hè
  1. 1 to echo one another (idiom)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (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
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
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
唱红脸
chàng hóng liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the hero (idiom)
  2. 2 to play the good cop
唱高调
chàng gāo diào
  1. 1 to sing the high part
  2. 2 to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
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
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
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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