掏空 tāo kōng

to empty out; to use up; to hollow out

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 18891st word

Definitions

  1. 1. to empty out
  2. 2. to use up
  3. 3. to hollow out
  4. 4. (finance) tunneling

Characters

Character Meaning
掏 tāo HSK 6
to fish out (from pocket); to scoop; variant of 掏tāo
空 kōng HSK 3
empty; sky; air