赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán empty hand, empty fist (idiom) / having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless syn 人去楼空 人去樓空 rén qù lóu kōng lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom) / fig. (of a dwelling) empty / deserted syn 空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) syn 放空 fàng kōng 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 唱空城计 唱空城計 chàng kōng chéng jì lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty / (of one's stomach) to be rumbling 人是铁饭是钢 人是鐵飯是鋼 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright 半瓶水响叮当 半瓶水響叮噹 bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest 杳然 yǎo rán quiet, silent, and lonely / far and indistinct / gone without a trace 不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng bù xiǎng wordless and silent (idiom) / without speaking / taciturn syn 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 阒然 闃然 qù rán quiet / still and silent 寂寥 jì liáo (literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty syn 翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom) / new and different ideas 寂寞 jì mò lonely / lonesome / (of a place) quiet / silent syn 沉默 chén mò taciturn / uncommunicative / silent syn 无声 無聲 wú shēng noiseless / noiselessly / silent syn 无言 無言 wú yán to remain silent / to have nothing to say 默然 mò rán silent / speechless syn 哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute / mute / silent syn 静音 靜音 jìng yīn quiet / silent / mute 静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn 静寂 靜寂 jìng jì quiet / silent syn 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative syn 缄默 緘默 jiān mò to keep silent syn 不做声 不做聲 bù zuò shēng keep silent / not say a word syn 潸然泪下 潸然淚下 shān rán lèi xià to shed silent tears (idiom) syn 寂然 jì rán silent / quiet syn 肃静 肅靜 sù jìng solemnly silent syn 默想 mò xiǎng silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence syn 春蚕 春蠶 chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4] 默片 mò piàn silent movie syn 默祷 默禱 mò dǎo silent prayer / pray in silence 冷暴力 lěng bào lì non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment 敢怒而不敢言 gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yán angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom) / obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections syn 默 mò silent / to write from memory syn 寂 jì silent / solitary / Taiwan pr. [ji2] syn 噤 jìn unable to speak / silent 宓 mì still / silent syn 貉 háo old term for northern peoples / silent syn 貉 mò old term for northern peoples / silent syn 貊 mò name of a wild tribe / silent 不赞一词 不贊一詞 bù zàn yī cí to keep silent / to make no comment syn 不言不语 不言不語 bù yán bù yǔ to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent syn 万籁无声 萬籟無聲 wàn lài wú shēng not a sound to be heard (idiom) / dead silent 闭口不言 閉口不言 bì kǒu bù yán to keep silent (idiom) 默不作声 默不作聲 mò bù zuò shēng to keep silent syn 侐 xù still / silent 平安夜 píng ān yè Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve 闷声不响 悶聲不響 mēn shēng bù xiǎng to keep silent 杜口 dù kǒu to remain silent 满坐寂然 滿坐寂然 mǎn zuò jì rán the whole audience silent with expectation 无语 無語 wú yǔ to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded 腹诽 腹誹 fù fěi silent curse or disagreement / unspoken criticism 隐蔽强迫下载 隱蔽強迫下載 yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zài drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download 静区 靜區 jìng qū silent zone / blind spot / dead space 一声不响 一聲不響 yī shēng bù xiǎng to keep totally silent / noiselessly syn 保持沉默的权利 right to remain silent 隐藏性紧急情况 silent emergency 秘密同伙 mì mì tòng huǒ secret partner / sleeping partner / silent partner 贫穷隐性紧急情况？ 貧窮隱性緊急情況？ silent emergencies of poverty 出溜屁 chū liu pì silent fart 闷屁 悶屁 mēn pì silent fart 蔫屁 niān pì silent fart 噤声 噤聲 jìn shēng to keep silent 隐蔽强迫下载 隱蔽強迫下載 yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zǎi drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download 不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng - bù xiǎng (idiom) wordless / silent / taciturn / without speaking syn 万籁俱寂 萬籟俱寂 wàn lài - jù jì (idiom) dead silent syn 闭麦 閉麥 bì mài to switch one's microphone to "mute" / (fig.) to go silent 空旷 空曠 kōng kuàng spacious and empty / void syn 空泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty syn 陈腐 陳腐 chén fǔ trite / clichéd / empty and trite / banality / platitude syn 空巢 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out 广漠 廣漠 guǎng mò vast and empty syn 空肠 空腸 kōng cháng jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠[shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2] and ileum 回腸|回肠[hui2 chang2]) 妙手空空 miào shǒu kōng kōng petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing 空阒 空闃 kōng qù empty and quiet 放空炮 fàng kōng pào (lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises syn 嵺 liáo (literary) vast and empty 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 注入 zhù rù to pour into / to empty into syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 空洞 kōng dòng cavity / empty / vacuous syn 虚空 虛空 xū kōng void / hollow / empty syn 空心 kòng xīn on an empty stomach syn 倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn 空荡荡 空蕩蕩 kōng dàng dàng empty / deserted syn 空手 kōng shǒu empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate syn 清空 qīng kōng to clear / to empty 中空 zhōng kōng hollow / empty interior syn 空位 kōng wèi empty place / room (for sb) 空腹 kōng fù an empty stomach 空话 空話 kōng huà empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip syn 无物 無物 wú wù nothing / empty 萧然 蕭然 xiāo rán desolate / empty 散场 散場 sàn chǎng (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end syn 清零 淸零 qīng líng to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive) 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 虚言 虛言 xū yán empty words / false words 