空气 (空氣)
kōng qì
Pinyin
Definition
空气 (空氣)
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- air
- atmosphere
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一纸空文
- 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
- 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
- 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
- 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
- 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我们老板是不是瞎了?明明同事能力不如我,方案不如我,提议也不如我,可老板却总是听他的意见,完全把我当空气,简直委屈到爆炸。
Do you think my boss is totally blind? It's clear that my coworkers aren't as skilled as me. Their proposals aren't as good as mine, their suggestions aren't as good as mine, but the boss always listens to this one guy's opinion, and treats me like I'm not even there. I can't take much more of being wronged like this.
嫌麻烦你就别想着脱单了,家里连个鬼都没有,你还想轰轰烈烈跟空气谈恋爱啊?
If you're worried about hassle then you needn't think about escaping singledom. There's not even a ghost at your house, so how do you propose making a big deal about falling in love with empty space?
去过,虽然空气不好,人也有点多,但是那些古迹真的好美。
I've been. Although the air (quality) wasn't that good and there were quite a lot of people, the historic sites were really beautiful.
是啊,你闻闻,空气多干净,泥土的味道多香,生活就应该这样子过。
Yes. Do you smell that? The air is so clean and the soil is so fragrant. This is living.
我看书上说,空气、温度、湿度的改变,或是食物,像巧克力、花生等等,都可能引发偏头痛,你中午不是就说很闷,不舒服了?
This book says that changes in the air, temperature, and humidity levels, or even food like chocolate,peanuts etc can all trigger a migraine. Didn't you say at noon that you felt stuffy and uncomfortable?
都市人太不懂得享受大自然的恩赐了,阳光、花香、空气都是不用钱的,偏偏要去百货公司、咖啡馆人挤人。
Urbanites don't really understand how to enjoy nature's gifts. The sun, the scent of flowers and fresh air are all free, but they prefer to go to crowded department stores and cafes.
说到空气,这儿的空气实在说不上值得享受吧。
Speaking of fresh air, the air here isn't exactly worth enjoying.
也是啦,但主要还是因为空气不好,你应该也听说过PM2.5这个名词了吧?
For that too, but mostly it is because the air is bad. You've probably heard the term PM2.5, yeah?
到底环不环保,我看还是仁者见仁,智者见智吧。如果从长远来看,它可能相当绿色;但放在今天,它就不那么绿色了。电动汽车不是烧汽油的,所以它相当绿色,这没错。没有引擎,没有油箱,没有废气排放,它基本上是零排放的。但是如果考虑到汽车对环境的影响,就不能只看排气管了。特斯拉不是靠空气跑动的,它用电,而电来自不同的燃料如核电、天然气、还有最污染环境的煤。
Whether it is environmentally friendly in the end or not, I still think people will have differing viewpoints. If you view it from the long-term, perhaps it is fairly green; but for the present, it isn't that green. Electric cars don't burn gas, so they are quite green. That's true. There is no engine, no gas tank, no exhaust emission. It has basically zero emissions. But if you consider the effect of the car on the environment, you can't just look at exhaust pipes. Tesla doesn't run on air, it uses electricity. And electricity comes from different fuels: for example, nuclear power, natural gas, and coal, which pollutes the environment the most.
申办冬奥会,北京的劣势是空气污染。
In applying to hold the Winter Olympics, Beijing's disadvantage is air pollution.