záo kōng

Traditional: 鑿空

凿空 (záo kōng) is a Chinese word meaning “to open an aperture; (extended meaning) to cut a way through; to open up a road”.

Meanings

  1. 1to open an aperture
  2. 2(extended meaning) to cut a way through
  3. 3to open up a road

Characters in 凿空

凿záo · (bound form) chisel空kōng · empty

Related words

空empty空to empty空间space; room空气air太空outer space有空to have time (to do sth)天空sky空中in the sky航空aviation空军air force时空time and place空白blank space

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