kōng zhōng lóu gé

Traditional: 空中樓閣

空中楼阁 (kōng zhōng lóu gé) is a Chinese word meaning “pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction; castles in Spain; imaginary future plans”.

Meanings

  1. 1pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
  2. 2castles in Spain
  3. 3imaginary future plans

Characters in 空中楼阁

空kōng · empty中zhōng · within; among; in楼lóu · house with more than 1 story阁gé · pavilion (usu. two-storied)

Related words

中within; among; in中to hit (a target)中(bound form) China; Chinese其中among楼house with more than 1 story楼surname Lou中心center; heart; core空empty空to empty高中senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])高中to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)中国China

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