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 幻想 huàn xiǎng to fantasize / to imagine / an illusion / a fantasy syn 做梦 做夢 zuò mèng to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream syn 传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty 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 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 异想天开 異想天開 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy 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) 空想 kōng xiǎng daydream / fantasy / to fantasize syn 纳尼亚 納尼亞 nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis 赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán empty hand, empty fist (idiom) / having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless syn 奇幻 qí huàn fantasy (fiction) syn 空心 kòng xīn on an empty stomach syn 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi to indulge in fantasy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild 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 空头支票 空頭支票 kōng tóu zhī piào bounced check / bad check / (idiom) empty promise syn 天方夜谭 天方夜譚 tiān fāng yè tán fantasy story 陈腐 陳腐 chén fǔ trite / clichéd / empty and trite / banality / platitude syn 幻境 huàn jìng land of fantasy / fairyland syn 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 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 托尔金 托爾金 tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒 幻梦 幻夢 huàn mèng fantasy / illusion / dream syn 梦呓 夢囈 mèng yì talking in one's sleep / delirious ravings / nonsense / sheer fantasy syn 空泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty syn 妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn 最终幻想 最終幻想 zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng Final Fantasy (video game) 清空 qīng kōng to clear / to empty 封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 狂想 kuáng xiǎng fantasy / illusion / vain dream 无物 無物 wú wù nothing / empty 意淫 yì yín to fantasize / (esp.) to have a sexual fantasy about (sb) 萧然 蕭然 xiāo rán desolate / empty 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 封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 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 妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn 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 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] 幻 huàn fantasy syn 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 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 万智牌 萬智牌 wàn zhì pái Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling) 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 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 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 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 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 翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom) / new and different ideas 若有所失 ruò yǒu suǒ shī as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty syn 玄幻 xuán huàn xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction) 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 奇幻小说 奇幻小說 qí huàn xiǎo shuō fantasy 李朝威 lǐ cháo wēi Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传 李汝珍 lǐ rǔ zhēn Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror 柳毅传 柳毅傳 liǔ yì zhuàn story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties 