凿空

鑿空 凿空
[záo kōng]
to open an aperture
(extended meaning) to cut a way through
to open up a road

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凿空
záokōng
(also zuòkōng 〈旧〉) 形 〈书〉 forced; far-fetched:
- 凿空之论 a far-fetched argument; unlikely statement

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凿空
záokōng
(也有读〈zhuan>also pronounced</zhuan>zuòkōng的)〈书 fml.〉穿凿 {forced; far-fetched; implausible}:
- ～之论。 {far-fetched argument; irrelevant talk}

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凿空
záokōng
动 <书> give a strained/far-fetched interpretation
- 凿空之论 far-fetched argument

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凿空
/záokōng/
forced

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