悬空 (xuán kōng) — to hang in the air; to suspend in midair; to be divorced from reality; to be unrealistic (of ideas, plans)
Definition
Used literally for things physically hanging in midair, and figuratively for ideas, plans, or policies that are 'up in the air' — ungrounded from reality. Note the verb-complement split: 悬着空.
verb
to hang in the airto suspend in midairto be divorced from realityto be unrealistic (of ideas, plans)
Examples
- ，。Nà gēn shéng zi yì zhí xuán zhe kōng, méi rén gǎn qù lā.That rope has been hanging in the air all along; nobody dares to pull it.
- 悬空，。Tā de xiǎng fǎ tài xuán kōng, gēn běn bú xiàn shí.His ideas are too divorced from reality; they're completely impractical.
- ，。Zhè ge zhèng cè rú guǒ yì zhí xuán zhe kōng, yǒng yuǎn wú fǎ luò shí.If this policy remains suspended in the air, it will never be implemented.
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