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架空

Mandarin · pinyin jià kōng

to build (a hut etc) on stilts
to install (power lines etc) overhead
(fig.) unfounded; impractical
(fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead

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架: jià · rack, stand, prop; prop up
空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted

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4–1 · jia4 kong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaa3 hung1

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verb

to build on stilts
to make a figurehead
to fabricate; to make up
to be unfounded; to be impractical

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