created sense approved 凿空/鑿空 · záokōng · to open up a way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
凿空 / 鑿空
záokōng
to open up a way
To dig an aperture or hole; specifically to tunnel through a mountain or cut a path to open up communication with a previously isolated area.
zuòkōng
凿 (literal) → 凿/鑿 · záo · to chisel 空 (literal) → 空 · kòng · vacant
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 凿空/鑿空 · záokōng · farfetched — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
凿空 / 鑿空
záokōng
farfetched
(literary) To interpret more than what is meant or to make up stories based on groundless assumptions; forced or farfetched.
zuòkōng
凿 (literal) → 凿/鑿 · záo · to chisel 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · impractical
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition