空虚 (空虛)
kōng xū
Pinyin
Definition
空虚 (空虛)
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- hollow
- emptiness
- meaningless
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
我不知道他们给了我多少日子,但我的手确乎是渐渐空虚了。在默默里算着,八千多日子已经从我手中溜去,像针尖上一滴水滴在大海里,我的日子滴在时间的流里,没有声音,也没有影子。我不禁汗涔涔而泪潸潸了。
I don't know how many days I am entitled to altogether, but my quota of them is undoubtedly wearing away. Counting up silently, I find that more than 8,000 days have already slipped away through my fingers. Like a drop of water falling off a needle point into the ocean, my days are quietly dripping into the stream of time without leaving a trace. At the thought of this, sweat oozes from my forehead and tears trickle down my cheeks.
说到这,其实在这几十年来,听到的全是自由贸易、全球化、国际化,看着自己生活内容的改变,也不知道是欣喜还是空虚。
Speaking of that, in the last few decades, all we hear about is free trade, globalization and internationalization. It makes it hard to know whether one should be happy with one's lot or if it's all in vain.
可能是现代人生活都比较空虚吧。网络游戏可以让你随心所欲地体验到现实生活中体验不到的快感。而且玩游戏时,特别能培养和激发团队精神,也确实能结交一些朋友。我就和几个经常一起在网上作战的网友成了生活中的朋友。大家感觉志趣相投,所以特别谈得来。
Maybe it's because modern people's lives are pretty empty. Online games let you experience the happiness of doing things that you can't do in real life. And playing games is really good for cultivating and stimulating team spirit. And you can definitely make friends. I've become real-life friends with some people who often play games together online. We feel like we have shared interests, so it's easy for us to socialize.