挖空
wā kōng
Pinyin

Definition

挖空
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wā kōng
  1. to excavate
  2. to hollow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

天空
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
挖
wā
  1. 1 to dig
  2. 2 to excavate
  3. 3 to scoop out
星空
xīng kōng
  1. 1 starry sky
  2. 2 the heavens
时空
shí kōng
  1. 1 time and place
  2. 2 world of a particular locale and era
  3. 3 (physics) space-time
有空
yǒu kòng
  1. 1 to have time (to do sth)

Idioms (20)

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
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
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)

Sample Sentences

是啊，他们都在挖空心思地搞特色比创意。而对于我们食客来说，不仅可以享受到美食，还能欣赏到特色表演，花一样的钱享受两种服务，何乐而不为啊？
shì a ，tāmen dōu zài wākòngxīnsī de gǎo tèsè bǐ chuàngyì 。ér duìyú wǒmen shíkè láishuō ，bùjǐn kěyǐ xiǎngshòudào měishí ，hái néng xīnshǎngdào tèsè biǎoyǎn ，huā yīyàng de qián xiǎngshòu liǎng zhǒng fúwù ，hélè ér bùwéi a ？
Yeah. They all rack their brains to do something distinctive and creative. And as far as we diners are concerned, not only can we enjoy good food, we can also enjoy special performances. You spend the same about of money and you can enjoy two services, what's so bad about that?
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