空虚 (空虛)
kōng xū
Pinyin

Definition

空虚 (空虛)
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kōng xū
  1. hollow
  2. emptiness
  3. meaningless

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
xīng kōng
  1. 1 starry sky
  2. 2 the heavens
shí kōng
  1. 1 time and place
  2. 2 world of a particular locale and era
  3. 3 (physics) space-time
yǒu kòng
  1. 1 to have time (to do sth)
kōng
  1. 1 empty
  2. 2 air
  3. 3 sky
  4. 4 in vain

Idioms (20)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (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
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 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。
wǒ bù zhīdào tāmen gěi le wǒ duōshao rìzi ,dàn wǒ de shǒu quèhū shì jiànjiàn kōngxū le 。zài mòmò lǐ suàn zhe ,bā qiān duō rìzi yǐjīng cóng wǒ shǒuzhōng liū qù ,xiàng zhēnjiān shàng yī dī shuǐ dī zài Dàhǎi lǐ ,wǒ de rìzi dī zài shíjiān de liú lǐ ,méiyǒu shēngyīn ,yěméiyǒu yǐngzi 。wǒ bùjīn hàncéncén ér lèishānshān le 。
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。
shuōdào zhè ,qíshí zài zhè jǐshí nián lái ,tīng dào de quán shì zìyóu màoyì 、quánqiúhuà 、guójìhuà ,kàn zhe zìjǐ shēnghuó nèiróng de gǎibiàn ,yě bù zhīdào shì xīnxǐ háishì kōngxū 。
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。
kěnéng shì xiàndàirén shēnghuó dōu bǐjiào kōngxū ba 。wǎngluòyóuxì kěyǐ ràng nǐ suíxīnsuǒyù de tǐyàndào xiànshíshēnghuó zhōng tǐyànbùdào de kuàigǎn 。érqiě wányóuxì shí ,tèbié néng péiyǎng hé jīfā tuánduìjīngshén ,yě quèshí néng jiéjiāo yīxiē péngyou 。wǒ jiù hé jǐge jīngcháng yīqǐ zài wǎngshàng zuòzhàn de wǎngyǒu chéng le shēnghuózhōng de péngyou 。dàjiā gǎnjué zhìqùxiāngtóu ,suǒyǐ tèbié tándelái 。
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.