空中
kōng zhōng
Pinyin

Definition

空中
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kōng zhōng
  1. in the sky
  2. in the air

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
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
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
中分
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
中午
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
中原
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中场
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
中央
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
中学
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
中庸
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
中式
Zhōng shì
  1. 1 Chinese style

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (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
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
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
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion

Sample Sentences

不过现在他的实力可是毋庸置疑的。不仅是球队的核心球员，甚至有人觉得他是NBA的第一中锋。真想不到我们中国人能在NBA站住脚。像当年刚看NBA的时候，觉得球员脚下都装了弹簧，而且能在空中飞。那球玩得可真是出神入化。
bùguò xiànzài tā de shílì kěshì wúyōngzhìyí de 。bùjǐn shì qiúduì de héxīn qiúyuán ，shènzhì yǒurén juéde tā shì NBAde dìyī zhōngfēng 。zhēn xiǎngbùdào wǒmen zhōngguórén néng zài NBAzhànzhùjiǎo 。xiàng dāngnián gāng kàn NBAde shíhou ，juéde qiúyuán jiǎoxià dōu zhuāng le tánhuáng ，érqiě néng zài kōngzhōng fēi 。nà qiú wán de kě zhēnshì chūshénrùhuà 。
But now there is no question about his abilities. Not only is he a core player on the team. Some people go so far as to say he's the best center in the NBA. I really had no idea we Chinese could hold our own in the NBA. When I first started watching the NBA in the old days, I thought the players had springs on their feet and could fly through the air. They were truly incredible.
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空中
kōngzhōng
in the air
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空中有很多脏东西。
kōngzhōng yǒu hěn duō zāng dōngxi 。
There's a lot of dirty stuff in the air.
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片子是今年初杀青的，对吧？紧接着你又到香港接了另一出戏，开始空中飞人的生活是吧？
piānzi shì jīnniánchū shāqīng de ，duìba ？jǐnjiē zhe nǐ yòu dào Xiānggǎng jiē le lìngyī chū xì ，kāishǐ kōngzhōng fēirén de shēnghuó shì ba ？
The finishing touches were made to the film at the start of this year, yes? Then you went straight to Hong Kong to take on another film, embarking on a life as a trapeze artist, no?
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怪不得放了几盆花，就有人说这是空中花园了。
guàibude fàng le jǐ pén huā ，jiù yǒu rén shuō zhè shì kōngzhōnghuāyuán le 。
No wonder that people say they've got a roof garden when they put a few plant pots out.
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巨人捡起一块石头，朝空中猛地一扔。石头飞得很高。
jùrén jiǎnqǐ yī kuài shítou ，cháo kōngzhōng měngdeyīrēng 。shítou fēi de hěn gāo 。
The giant picks up a rock and throws it as hard as he can into the air. The rock soars high.
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说完，他拿出了一只在路上抓的小鸟，嗖地往空中一扔。小鸟高兴地飞走了，没有再飞回来。
shuōwán ，tā náchū le yī zhī zài lùshang zhuā de xiǎoniǎo ，sōu de wǎng kōngzhōng yī rēng 。xiǎoniǎo gāoxìng de fēi zǒu le ，méiyǒu zài fēi huílai 。
Saying this, he pulls out a little bird he's grabbed on the road and - swish! - throws it into the sky. The little bird happily flies away and doesn't fly back again.
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只听“啪！”地一声，白烟在空中起火，火团中隐约看到白骨纷纷散落，之后便灰飞烟灭。
zhǐ tīng “pā ！”de yīshēng ，báiyān zài kōngzhōng qǐhuǒ ，huǒtuán zhōng yǐnyuē kàndào báigǔ fēnfēn sànluò ，zhīhòu biàn huīfēiyānmiè 。
With a loud bang, the white smoke caught fire. White bone dust flew about in the flames, and then suddenly, the flame vanished, smoke and all.
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正在这时，“唰！”的一下，孙悟空从空中俯冲而下，举着金箍棒砸向那村姑。
zhèngzài zhè shí ，“shuā ！”de yīxià ，Sūn Wùkōng cóng kōngzhōng fǔchōng\'érxià ，jǔ zhe jīngūbàng zá xiàng nà cūngū 。
Right at this moment, Monkey swooped out of the sky with a 'swish' and swung at the village girl with his golden staff.
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