created sense approved 架空 · jiàkōng · to build on stilts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
架空
jiàkōng
to build on stilts
to build a structure such as a hut or bridge on stilts or pillars so it is raised off the ground; to install power lines overhead
架 (literal) → 架 · jià · to support 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty
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created sense approved 架空 · jiàkōng · to make a figurehead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
架空
jiàkōng
to make a figurehead
to make someone a figurehead by secretly stripping them of their actual power or authority
架 (literal) → 架 · jià · to fabricate 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty
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created sense approved 架空 · jiàkōng · unfounded; impractical — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
架空
jiàkōng
unfounded; impractical
imaginary or fabricated out of nothing; without any factual basis or foundation; impractical
架 (literal) → 架 · jià · to fabricate 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · impractical
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created sense approved 架空 · jiàkōng · fictional setting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
架空
jiàkōng
fictional setting
(of a setting) fictional; imaginary; alternative history (common in web novels to denote a world with an invented historical background)
架 (literal) → 架 · jià · to fabricate 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · impractical
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