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Definition(s) for: 放空炮

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
放空炮 fàng kōng pào - (lit.) to fire blank shots
- (fig.) to be all talk and no action
- to shoot one's mouth off
- to make empty promises

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 60,286 - 89,651

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fàng- to put
- to place
- to release
- to free
- to let go
- to let out
- to set off (fireworks)
kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time
bāo- to sauté
- to fry
- to dry by heating
páo- to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
pào- cannon
- CL:座[zuo4]
- firecracker
pào- variant of 炮[pao4]

Other Words Containing 放空炮

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
放空炮 - - 60,286 - 89,651