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凭空

píng kōng

2-character word Traditional 憑空

What 凭空 means

1. baseless (lie)
2. without foundation

The characters in 凭空

• 凭píngto lean against; to rely on; on the basis of
• 空kōngempty; air; sky

Words starting with 凭空

• 凭空捏造píng kōng niē zàofabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

Sounds the same

Read píng kōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 平空variant of 凭空

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