掏空 tāokōng to exhaust Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents tāokōng to exhaust 掏 tāo verb to take out to fish out with the hand or a tool from a pocket, bag, or other container; to pull out; to draw out空 kōng adjective empty empty; hollow; void of content; containing nothingtāokōng to hollow out 掏 tāo to scoop out to hollow out or dig a hole; to scoop or pick out空 kōng adjective empty empty; hollow; void of content; containing nothingtāokōng to tunnel 掏 tāo verb to take out to fish out with the hand or a tool from a pocket, bag, or other container; to pull out; to draw out空 kòng deficit a shortage of funds; a deficit; a debt