腾空 (téng kōng) — to vacate, to clear out (a space) by emptying it

Definition

Examples

• 搬家之前，我们先把房子腾空了。
  Bān jiā zhī qián, wǒ men xiān bǎ fáng zi téng kōng le.
  Before moving, we first cleared out the house.
• 请把这个书架腾空出来。
  Qǐng bǎ zhè ge shū jià téng kōng chū lái.
  Please empty out this bookshelf.
• 我需要腾空一个抽屉放新文件。
  Wǒ xū yào téng kōng yí gè chōu ti fàng xīn wén jiàn.
  I need to clear out a drawer to put new documents.