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空空蕩蕩

简空空荡荡 · 繁空空蕩蕩

Mandarin · pinyin kōng kōng dàng dàng

absolutely empty (space)
complete vacuum

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空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
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荡: dàng · pond, pool; wash away, cleanse

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1–1–4–4 · kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hung1 hung1 dong6 dong6

Cantonese word readings for 空空蕩蕩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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