created sense approved 挖空 · wākōng · to hollow out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
挖空
wākōng
to hollow out
to excavate; to dig out and make empty
挖, 空
挖 (literal) → 挖 · wā · to dig 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 挖空 · wākōng · to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
挖空
wākōng
to rack one's brains
to exhaust one's thoughts or energy (usually in the phrase [[挖空心思|挖空心思|wa1 kong1 xin1 si5]])
挖 (literal) → 挖 · wā · to dig 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition