空空如也
kōng kōng rú yě
Pinyin

Definition

空空如也
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kōng kōng rú yě
  1. as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
  2. to have nothing
  3. vacuous
  4. hollow
  5. empty (argument, head etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

也
Yě
  1. 1 surname Ye
如果
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
不如
bù rú
  1. 1 not equal to
  2. 2 not as good as
  3. 3 inferior to
  4. 4 it would be better to
也许
yě xǔ
  1. 1 perhaps
  2. 2 maybe
例如
lì rú
  1. 1 for example
  2. 2 for instance
  3. 3 such as
假如
jiǎ rú
  1. 1 if
夜空
yè kōng
  1. 1 night sky
天空
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
如
rú
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
如下
rú xià
  1. 1 as follows
如今
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
如来
rú lái
  1. 1 tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
如同
rú tóng
  1. 1 like
  2. 2 as
如意
rú yì
  1. 1 as one wants
  2. 2 according to one's wishes
  3. 3 ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
如此
rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so
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]
抽空
chōu kòng
  1. 1 to find the time to do sth
星空
xīng kōng
  1. 1 starry sky
  2. 2 the heavens

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
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
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
倘能如此
tǎng néng rú cǐ
  1. 1 if it is possible (idiom)
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
  1. 1 precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
  2. 2 in a dangerous state

Sample Sentences

不过有钱不等于有层次。好多暴发户的内涵真不敢恭维。全身上下都是名牌，可脑子里却空空如也。
bùguò yǒuqián bù děngyú yǒu céngcì 。hǎo duō bàofāhù de nèihán zhēn bùgǎn gōngwéi 。quánshēn shàngxià dōu shì míngpái ，kě nǎozi lǐ què kōngkōngrúyě 。
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