302 Themes

002 Age 年龄 (niánlíng)


nominal age
air
test tube
room
alley
bottle
mailbox
karate
have diarrhea
cheers
come to nothing, fall flat
torrential downpour
empty, deserted
open and spacious
empty
blank, plain
~跑一趟make a journey for nothing || ~高兴一场have our happiness dashed to pieces
empty, hollow
the sensuous world is illusory, all physical existence is vanity
~房间a cacant room || ~行blank line || 你~着手, 怎么不帮我一把? Your hands are empty now. Why don’t you do me a favor?
lose a family fortune, be reduced to poverty
unexpectedly

4 虚岁 [-歲] xūsuì (empty-age) nominal age: ~73 nominal age of 73 '
32 空气 [-氣] kōngqì (empty-air) air: 新鲜~ fresh air || ~潮湿 (cháoshī) moist air || ~污染 polluted air '
26 试管 [試-] shìguǎn (test-tube) test tube: 空~ empty test tube || 洗~ wash test tube '
24 屋子 [-] wūzi (house-suffix) room: 三间~ three bedroom || 大/小/空~ large/small/empty room || 走进~ enter the room '
14 巷子 [-] xiàngzi (alley-suffix) alley: 一条~ an alley || 空 ~ an empty alley '
11 瓶子 [-] píngzi (bottle-suffix) bottle: 玻璃~ glass bottle || 空~ empty bottle '
21 信箱 [-] xìnxiāng (mail-box) mailbox: 空~ empty mailbox || 打开~ open mailbox '
27 空手道 [-] kōngshǒudào (empty-hand-way) karate '
23 拉肚子 [-] lādùzǐ (empty-belly) have diarrhea '
83 干杯 [乾-] gānbēi (empty-cup) cheers: 一起~ cheers together || 为我们 的成功~ cheers for our success || 为他们的友谊~ cheers for their friendship '
22 落空 [-] luòkōng (fall-empty) come to nothing, fall flat: 希望/美梦/计 划~ for a hope/dream/plan to fall flat. '
15 倾盆大雨 [傾---] qīngpéndàyǔ (empty-basin-heavy-rain) torrential downpour: 下着~ under a downpour || 冒着~ brave a downpour || ~下个不停 nonstop downpour '
18 空荡荡 [-蕩蕩] kōngdàngdàng (empty-vast) empty, deserted: ~的屋子 an empty room || 肚子里~的 an empty stomach || ~的操场 an empty playground '
19 空旷 [-曠] kōngkuàng (empty-vast) open and spacious: ~的校园 an open and spacious school || ~的地方 an open and spacious place '
9 空 [-] kōng (hollow) empty: ~酒瓶 an empty wine bottle || ~信箱 an empty mailbox || ~房 an empty room '
10 空白 [-] kòngbái (empty-blank) blank, plain: ~支票 a blank check || ~的地方 a blank space || ~纸 a plain paper '
19 空 [-] kōng (empty) for nothing, in vain: ~跑一趟make a journey for nothing || ~高兴一场have our happiness dashed to pieces '
10 空洞 [-] kōngdòng (empty-hollow) empty, hollow: ~的口号empty slogan || ~的理论hollow theory || 内容~ hollow contents '
22 四大皆空 [-] sìdàjiēkōng (four-big-all-empty) the sensuous world is illusory, all physical existence is vanity: ~是佛教的主要思想. ‘The sensuous world is illusory,’ which is the main idea of Buddhism. '
37 空 [-] kòng (empty, hollow) empty, unoccupied: ~房间a cacant room || ~行blank line || 你~着手, 怎么不帮我一把? Your hands are empty now. Why don’t you do me a favor? '
17 倾家荡产 [傾-蕩產] qīngjiā dàngchǎn (empty-property-exhaust-property) lose a family fortune, be reduced to poverty: 弄得~ cause the lose of a fortune || 他的工厂因为造假被罚得~. Because his factory made counterfeit goods, he was fined into poverty. 769 '
8 竟然 [-] jìngrán (unexpectedly-this) unexpectedly: ~忘了 unexpectedly forgot || 礼品盒里~是空的. Unexpectedly the gift box is empty. || 他在 北京住了两年~没去过天安门广场. He lived in Beijing for two years, but unexpectedly, had never been to Tiananmen Square. '