空架子
kōng​jià​zi

empty frame

  • created sense approved 空架子 · kōng​jià​zi · empty frame — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空架子

    kōng​jià​zi

    empty frame

    bare outline; mere skeleton; an empty frame or facade. Used to describe something that has an impressive appearance or formal structure but lacks actual substance or content, such as a hollow organization or a poorly written essay

    空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty 架子 (literal) → 架子 · jià​zi · frame

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense