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留空
liú kòng
Pinyin
Definition
留空
-
liú kòng
to leave blank space in a document
to leave some time free
Character Decomposition
留
卯
田
空
穴
工
Related Words
(20)
留
liú
1
old variant of 留[liú]
停留
tíng liú
1
to stay somewhere temporarily
2
to stop over
天空
tiān kōng
1
sky
时空
shí kōng
1
time and place
2
world of a particular locale and era
3
(physics) space-time
有空
yǒu kòng
1
to have time (to do sth)
留下
liú xià
1
to leave behind
2
to stay behind
3
to remain
4
to keep
5
not to let (sb) go
留给
liú gěi
1
to set aside for
留言
liú yán
1
to leave a message
2
to leave one's comments
3
message
空
kōng
1
empty
2
air
3
sky
4
in vain
空气
kōng qì
1
air
2
atmosphere
空虚
kōng xū
1
hollow
2
emptiness
3
meaningless
空调
kōng tiáo
1
air conditioning
2
air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
3
CL:臺|台[tái]
空间
kōng jiān
1
space
2
room
3
(fig.) scope
4
leeway
5
(astronomy) outer space
6
(physics, math.) space
航空
háng kōng
1
aviation
上空
shàng kōng
1
overhead
2
in the sky
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
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
保留
bǎo liú
1
to keep
2
to retain
3
to have reservations (about sth)
4
to hold back (from saying sth)
5
to put aside for later
半空
bàn kōng
1
midair
去留
qù liú
1
going or staying
填空
tián kòng
1
to fill a job vacancy
2
to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
Idioms
(20)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
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)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
1
a common occurrence (idiom)
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
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
1
when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
1
fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
手下留情
shǒu xià liú qíng
1
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me
2
Do not judge me too harshly.
3
Look favorably on my humble efforts.
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
1
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
2
to rack one's brains
海阔天空
hǎi kuò tiān kōng
1
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
2
the whole wide world
3
chatting about everything under the sun
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
1
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
盛况空前
shèng kuàng kōng qián
1
a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
目空一切
mù kōng yī qiè
1
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
2
condescending
3
supercilious
目空四海
mù kōng sì hǎi
1
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
2
condescending
3
supercilious
空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
1
pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
2
castles in Spain
3
imaginary future plans
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