拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 空 kōng empty / air / sky / in vain syn 空 kòng to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time syn 名誉 名譽 míng yù fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) 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 注入 zhù rù to pour into / to empty into syn 声誉 聲譽 shēng yù reputation / fame syn 发达 發達 fā dá well-developed / flourishing / to develop / to promote / to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune / to prosper syn 取名 qǔ míng to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame syn 名气 名氣 míng qì reputation / fame syn 倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn 空洞 kōng dòng cavity / empty / vacuous syn 空位 kōng wèi empty place / room (for sb) 空旷 空曠 kōng kuàng spacious and empty / void syn 出风头 出風頭 chū fēng tou to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 tou5] syn 空荡荡 空蕩蕩 kōng dàng dàng empty / deserted syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán empty hand, empty fist (idiom) / having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless syn 空心 kòng xīn on an empty stomach syn 名利 míng lì fame and profit syn 空话 空話 kōng huà empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip 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 贪图 貪圖 tān tú to covet / to seek (riches, fame) syn 空头支票 空頭支票 kōng tóu zhī piào bounced check / bad check / (idiom) empty promise syn 猎取 獵取 liè qǔ to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc) 声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum syn 陈腐 陳腐 chén fǔ trite / clichéd / empty and trite / banality / platitude syn 名利双收 名利雙收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward 中空 zhōng kōng hollow / empty interior syn 空腹 kōng fù an empty stomach 散场 散場 sàn chǎng (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end syn 小解 xiǎo jiě to urinate / to empty one's bladder syn 威名 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess / military glory 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 虚空 虛空 xū kōng void / hollow / empty syn 寂寥 jì liáo (literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty syn 金蝉脱壳 金蟬脫殼 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan syn 成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame 空泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty syn 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory syn 名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn 字号 字號 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop 清空 qīng kōng to clear / to empty 无物 無物 wú wù nothing / empty 恬淡 tián dàn quiet and contented / indifferent to fame or gain syn 萧然 蕭然 xiāo rán desolate / empty 看淡 kàn dàn to regard as unimportant / to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc) / (of an economy or a market) to slacken 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) 远扬 遠揚 yuǎn yáng (fame) spreads far and wide 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 空巢 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out 丢三落四 丟三落四 diū sān là sì forgetful / empty-headed syn 空落落 kōng luò luò empty / desolate syn 空白点 空白點 kòng bái diǎn gap / empty space syn 广漠 廣漠 guǎng mò vast and empty syn 闻 聞 wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn 控 kòng to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia syn 唐 táng to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗[tang2] 一无所获 一無所獲 yī wú suǒ huò to gain nothing / to end up empty-handed syn 虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn 徒 tú disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence syn 咕 gū (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc 瘪 癟 biě deflated / shriveled / sunken / empty syn 两手空空 兩手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng empty-handed (idiom) / fig. not receiving anything syn 实至名归 實至名歸 shí zhì míng guī fame follows merit (idiom) syn 空空荡荡 空空蕩蕩 kōng kōng dàng dàng absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum 空穴来风 空穴來風 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim) syn 罄 qìng to use up / to exhaust / empty 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]) 匮 匱 kuì to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted syn 唱高调 唱高調 chàng gāo diào to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom) syn 寥 liáo empty / lonesome / very few 倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out 空口说白话 空口說白話 kōng kǒu shuō bái huà to make empty promises syn 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 枵 xiāo (archaic) hollow of a tree / (literary) empty / hollow 座无虚席 座無虛席 zuò wú xū xí lit. a banquet with no empty seats / full house / capacity crowd / standing room only syn 徒有虚名 徒有虛名 tú yǒu xū míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be 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 形同虚设 形同虛設 xíng tóng xū shè to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom) syn 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 沽名钓誉 沽名釣譽 gū míng diào yù to angle for fame (idiom) / to fish for compliments syn 空洞无物 空洞無物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show syn 争名夺利 爭名奪利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain 空城计 空城計 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff 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 大解 dà jiě to defecate / to empty one's bowels syn 肙 yuān a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty 违利赴名 違利赴名 wéi lì fù míng to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom) / to abandon greed for reputation / to choose fame over fortune 功名利禄 功名利祿 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom) / rank, fame and fortune syn 名缰利锁 名韁利鎖 míng jiāng lì suǒ lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom) / tied down by reputation and wealth / the victim of one's own success syn 人怕出名猪怕壮 人怕出名豬怕壯 rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price 烜赫一时 烜赫一時 xuǎn hè yī shí to enjoy a short-lived fame or position of power 妙手空空 miào shǒu kōng kōng petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing 空室清野 kōng shì qīng yě empty room, clean field (idiom) / clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy 空话连篇 空話連篇 kōng huà lián piān long-winded empty talk 