Definition
空降 literally means 'to drop from the sky' or 'to land from the air', used for military airdrops, rescue supplies, etc. It also has a common figurative meaning: when a person (especially a manager or official) is suddenly appointed from outside an organization, bypassing internal promotion — like being 'parachuted in'. You'll hear it in business and government contexts: 空降领导 ('a leader parachuted in from outside').
v.
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。Jiùyuán wùzī tōngguò zhíshēngjī kōng jiàng dào zāiqū.Relief supplies were airdropped to the disaster area by helicopter.
- 空降，。Gōngsī kōng jiàng le yí wèi xīn zǒngjīnglǐ, dàjiā dōu bù shúxī tā.The company parachuted in a new general manager, and nobody knows him well.
- 空降，。Zhège xiàngmù shì shàngmiàn kōng jiàng xiàlái de, wǒmen zhǐ néng zhíxíng.This project was dropped on us from above; we can only carry it out.
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