空降 (kōng jiàng) — to airdrop; to land from the air (troops, supplies, etc.); (figurative) to be parachuted in; to appear suddenly from outside (a person, policy, etc.)
Definition
Literally 'air-land', used both for military airdrops of troops or supplies, and figuratively for a person (often a manager or policy) being installed from outside without going through the usual process.
verb
to airdropto land from the air (troops, supplies, etc.)(figurative) to be parachuted into appear suddenly from outside (a person, policy, etc.)
Examples
- 空降。Jiù yuán wù zī tōng guò zhí shēng jī kōng jiàng dào zāi qū.Relief supplies were airdropped to the disaster area by helicopter.
- 空降，。Gōng sī kōng jiàng le yí wèi xīn zǒng jīng lǐ, dà jiā dōu bù shú xī tā.The company parachuted in a new general manager, and nobody knows him well.
- 空降，。Zhè ge xiàng mù shì shàng miàn kōng jiàng xià lái de, wǒ men zhǐ néng zhí xíng.This project was dropped on us from above; we can only carry it out.
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