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HSK
air / atmosphere
HSK 2
erhua variant of 有空
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
sky
HSK 3
spare time / free time
HSK 3
aviation
HSK 4
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
outer space
HSK 5
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
vacant land / open space
HSK 7-9
blank space
HSK 7-9
high altitude
HSK 7-9
air crash / aviation accident or incident
HSK 7-9
hollow / emptiness / meaningless
HSK 7-9
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
HSK 7-9
empty; deserted
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
HSK 7-9
daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
HSK 7-9
a common occurrence (idiom)
HSK 7-9
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
to have time (to do sth)
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
air base
be high up in the sky
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
air war / air warfare
air transport
vacancy
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
airline / CL:
space station
vacuum tube
air-to-surface (missile)
abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
deep space (outer space)
void / hollow / empty
starry sky; the star-studded heavens
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
vacuum pump
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
openwork / fretwork
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
baseless (lie) / without foundation
an empty stomach
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
in midair / in the air
empty place / room (for sb)
to airdrop
to relax completely / to empty one's mind / (finance) to sell short / (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers) / to deadhead
aircraft carrier (CL:) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like)
astronaut
flight attendant / cabin crew
to excavate / to hollow
to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
spacious and empty / void
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
midair
prattle / idle chit-chat
to soar / to rise high into the air
leisure; spare time / (of a person) free; unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied; unused; idle; vacant; spare
filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
see 蕹菜
aircraft
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
air pollution
blank / blank space on a form / space / (indicating missing or illegible character)
to sell short (finance)
to work high above the ground
(idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well; to get burned both romantically and financially
hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
on an empty stomach
bungee jumping (Tw)
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
empty / hollow / lacking in substance
to make an air raid
outer space
two-character surname Sikong
overhead / up in the sky
phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
spaceship
jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠 and ileum 回腸|回肠)
hanging gardens (Babylon etc) / rooftop garden
hollow / empty interior
space capsule / ejection capsule (cabin)
lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
to find the time to do sth
cavity / empty / vacuous
empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
bounced check; bad check / (idiom) empty promise

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