空中楼阁 — Chinese idiom
空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
Traditional: 空中樓閣
Meaning
- pavilion in the air ; unrealistic Utopian construction
- castles in Spain
- imaginary future plans
Character by character
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 楼lóumulti-story building; floor
- 阁gécabinet, chamber, pavilion
Idioms sharing a character
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 人去楼空 rén qù lóu kōng
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 劈空扳害 pī kōng bān hài
- 司空见惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn
- 唱空城计 chàng kōng chéng jì
- 囊空如洗 náng kōng rú xǐ
- 四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng
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