空空如也
kōng kōng rú yě
Pinyin

Definition

空空如也
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kōng kōng rú yě
  1. as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
  2. to have nothing
  3. vacuous
  4. hollow
  5. empty (argument, head etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Ye
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
bù rú
  1. 1 not equal to
  2. 2 not as good as
  3. 3 inferior to
  4. 4 it would be better to
yě xǔ
  1. 1 perhaps
  2. 2 maybe

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions

Sample Sentences

不过有钱不等于有层次。好多暴发户的内涵真不敢恭维。全身上下都是名牌,可脑子里却空空如也。
bùguò yǒuqián bù děngyú yǒu céngcì 。hǎo duō bàofāhù de nèihán zhēn bùgǎn gōngwéi 。quánshēn shàngxià dōu shì míngpái ,kě nǎozi lǐ què kōngkōngrúyě 。