架空
jià kōng
Pinyin

Definition

架空
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jià kōng
  1. to build (a hut etc) on stilts
  2. to install (power lines etc) overhead
  3. (fig.) unfounded
  4. impractical
  5. (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吵架
chǎo jià
  1. 1 to quarrel
  2. 2 to have a row
  3. 3 quarrel
  4. 4 classifier: 顿 dùn
天空
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
打架
dǎ jià
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 to scuffle
  3. 3 to come to blows
  4. 4 classifier: 场 cháng
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

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

古装片、历史小说、架空历史小说
gǔzhuāngpiàn 、lìshǐ xiǎoshuō 、jiàkònglìshǐ xiǎoshuō
ancient Chinese period drama, historical novels, alternate history novels
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