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晴空万里
qíng kōng wàn lǐ
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a clear and boundless sky
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长空
cháng kōng
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(literary) the vast sky;
(finance) eventual downturn;
poor prospects in the long term
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架空
jià kōng
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to build (a hut etc) on stilts;
to install (power lines etc) overhead;
(fig.) unfounded;
impractical;
(fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
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空战
kōng zhàn
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air war;
air warfare
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空肠
kōng cháng
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jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠[shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2] and ileum 回腸|回肠[hui2 chang2])
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镂空
lòu kōng
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openwork;
fretwork
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盛况空前
shèng kuàng kōng qián
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a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
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真空管
zhēn kōng guǎn
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vacuum tube
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空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
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pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction;
castles in Spain;
imaginary future plans
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空防
kōng fáng
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air force;
air defense
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万人空巷
wàn rén kōng xiàng
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the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate);
the whole town turns out
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偷空
tōu kòng
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to take some time out;
to make use of a spare moment
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全日空
quán rì kōng
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All Nippon Airways (ANA)
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孙悟空
sūn wù kōng
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Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4];
Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]
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扑空
pū kōng
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lit. to rush at thin air;
fig. to miss one's aim;
to have nothing to show for one's troubles
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东方航空
dōng fāng háng kōng
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China Eastern Airlines
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空格键
kòng gé jiàn
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space bar (keyboard)
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空泛
kōng fàn
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vague and general;
not specific;
shallow;
empty
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空洞无物
kōng dòng wú wù
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empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance;
nothing new to show
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空港
kōng gǎng
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airport (abbr. for 航空港[hang2 kong1 gang3])
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放空炮
fàng kōng pào
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(lit.) to fire blank shots;
(fig.) to be all talk and no action;
to shoot one's mouth off;
to make empty promises
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真空泵
zhēn kōng bèng
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vacuum pump
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空城计
kōng chéng jì
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the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush);
double bluff
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空客
kōng kè
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Airbus (abbr. for 空中客車|空中客车[Kong1 zhong1 Ke4 che1])
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空暇
kòng xiá
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idle;
free time;
leisure
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