掏空 tāokōng exhaust Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 掏空 tāokōng exhaust verb to use up or deplete resources, savings, or physical energy completely 高昂的医疗费用掏空了他的毕生积蓄。 gāo'áng de yīliáo fèiyòng tāokōng le tā de bìshēng jīxù. High medical costs drained his lifelong savings. hollow out verb to remove the contents of a physical object to make it empty 孩子们把南瓜掏空,做成了一个灯笼。 háizi men bǎ nánguā tāokōng, zuò chéng le yī gè dēnglóng. The children hollowed out the pumpkin to make a lantern. tunneling verb the illegal or unethical diversion of corporate assets by insiders for personal gain 那几个高管因涉嫌掏空公司资产而被起诉。 nà jǐ gè gāoguǎn yīn shèxián tāokōng gōngsī zīchǎn ér bèi qǐsù. Those executives were prosecuted for allegedly draining company assets. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.22 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.59 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
掏空 tāokōng exhaust verb to use up or deplete resources, savings, or physical energy completely 高昂的医疗费用掏空了他的毕生积蓄。 gāo'áng de yīliáo fèiyòng tāokōng le tā de bìshēng jīxù. High medical costs drained his lifelong savings. hollow out verb to remove the contents of a physical object to make it empty 孩子们把南瓜掏空,做成了一个灯笼。 háizi men bǎ nánguā tāokōng, zuò chéng le yī gè dēnglóng. The children hollowed out the pumpkin to make a lantern. tunneling verb the illegal or unethical diversion of corporate assets by insiders for personal gain 那几个高管因涉嫌掏空公司资产而被起诉。 nà jǐ gè gāoguǎn yīn shèxián tāokōng gōngsī zīchǎn ér bèi qǐsù. Those executives were prosecuted for allegedly draining company assets. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.22 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.59 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)