空档
kòng dàng
Pinyin

Definition

空档
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kòng dàng
  1. gap (between two objects)
  2. interval of time (between events)
  3. opening in one's schedule
  4. free time
  5. (fig.) gap (in the market etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

天空
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
星空
xīng kōng
  1. 1 starry sky
  2. 2 the heavens
时空
shí kōng
  1. 1 time and place
  2. 2 world of a particular locale and era
  3. 3 (physics) space-time
有空
yǒu kòng
  1. 1 to have time (to do sth)
空
kōng
  1. 1 empty
  2. 2 air
  3. 3 sky
  4. 4 in vain
空气
kōng qì
  1. 1 air
  2. 2 atmosphere
空虚
kōng xū
  1. 1 hollow
  2. 2 emptiness
  3. 3 meaningless
空调
kōng tiáo
  1. 1 air conditioning
  2. 2 air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái]
空间
kōng jiān
  1. 1 space
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 (fig.) scope
  4. 4 leeway
  5. 5 (astronomy) outer space
  6. 6 (physics, math.) space
航空
háng kōng
  1. 1 aviation
上空
shàng kōng
  1. 1 overhead
  2. 2 in the sky
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
半空
bàn kōng
  1. 1 midair
填空
tián kòng
  1. 1 to fill a job vacancy
  2. 2 to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
夜空
yè kōng
  1. 1 night sky
天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
  1. 1 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
  2. 2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
  3. 3 unconstrained in style
太空
tài kōng
  1. 1 outer space
孙悟空
Sūn Wù kōng
  1. 1 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì]
  2. 2 Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qī lóng zhū]
得空
dé kòng
  1. 1 to have leisure time
悟空
Wù Kōng
  1. 1 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī Yóu Jì]

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)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
  1. 1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
  1. 1 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
  2. 2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
  3. 3 unconstrained in style
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
  1. 1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
  1. 1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
海阔天空
hǎi kuò tiān kōng
  1. 1 wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
  2. 2 the whole wide world
  3. 3 chatting about everything under the sun
盛况空前
shèng kuàng kōng qián
  1. 1 a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
目空一切
mù kōng yī qiè
  1. 1 the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
  2. 2 condescending
  3. 3 supercilious
目空四海
mù kōng sì hǎi
  1. 1 the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
  2. 2 condescending
  3. 3 supercilious
空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
  1. 1 pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
  2. 2 castles in Spain
  3. 3 imaginary future plans
空室清野
kōng shì qīng yě
  1. 1 empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
空洞无物
kōng dòng wú wù
  1. 1 empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance
  2. 2 nothing new to show
空无一人
kōng wú yī rén
  1. 1 not a soul in sight (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这你就不懂了，中国人讲的是集体主义，讲效率，你冰箱门都开好了，还没伸手，他看有空档就先下手了，免得等会儿他还得再开一次门。
zhè nǐ jiù bù dǒng le ，Zhōngguórén jiǎng de shì jítǐzhǔyì ，jiǎng xiàolǜ ，nǐ bīngxiāng mén dōu kāi hǎo le ，hái méi shēnshǒu ，tā kàn yǒu kòngdǎng jiù xiān xiàshǒu le ，miǎnde děng huǐr tā hái děi zài kāi yīcì mén 。
You don't even understand this? Chinese people talk in terms of collectivism and efficacy. With the door to the fridge already open, and you not having stretched out your arm yet, he made the first move when he saw the free opportunity, to avoid having to open the door again.
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间隔年？空档年？就是工作学习到一半，辞职或休学去干其他事情？
jiāngénián ？kòngdàngnián ？jiùshì gōngzuò xuéxí dào yībàn ，cízhí huò xiūxué qù gàn qítā shìqing ？
A sabbatical year? An interval year? That is, working or studying for half a year and then resigning from one's work or defering one's studies to do other things?
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是啊，如果毕业生有一年无相关工作经验的空档期，次年应聘时就会和有经验的人同场竞技，失去应聘优势。
shì a ，rúguǒ bìyèshēng yǒu yī nián wú xiāngguān gōngzuò jīngyàn de kòngdàngqī ，cì nián yìngpìn shí jiù huì hé yǒu jīngyàn de rén tóngchǎngjìngjì ，shīqù yìngpìn yōushì 。
Yeah. If a graduate student has a gap of one year of unrelated work experience, the next year when applying for a position they will have to compete with those in the same field who have experience, and will lose the advantage when applying.
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三点到四点是一个空档。四点老板要会见客户。
sān diǎn dào sì diǎn shì yī gè kòngdàng 。sì diǎn lǎobǎn yào huìjiàn kèhù 。
From 3 o'clock to 4 o'clock it's a blank slate. The boss will be meeting with a client at 4 o'clock .
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