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空荡荡

kōngdàngdàng

empty; deserted; spacious and bare

A large empty room with one small chair in the middle
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Characters in this word

空 kōng

Strokes
8
Radical
穴 — cave, den, hole
Made of
穴 cave, den, hole 工 labor, work
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

荡 dàng

Strokes
9
Radical
艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
Made of
艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 汤 soup, gravy, broth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 荡

Example phrases

  • 搬走设备以后,原本拥挤的车间显得空荡荡的。 Bān zǒu shèbèi yǐhòu, yuánběn yōngjǐ de chējiān xiǎnde kōngdàngdàng de. After the equipment was moved out, the once-crowded workshop looked empty and bare.
  • 孩子们都去上学了,家里空荡荡的。 Háizimen dōu qù shàngxué le, jiā li kōngdàngdàng de. The children have all gone to school and the house is empty.
  • 深夜的街道上空荡荡的,一个人也没有。 Shēnyè de jiēdào shang kōngdàngdàng de, yí ge rén yě méiyǒu. The street late at night was deserted, without a single person.

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