kōng
wén

common
noun

Meaning of 空文

空文 means empty rhetoric; useless articles or essays; ineffective rules; regulations that exist in name only. Pronounced kōng wén.

  • empty rhetoric; useless articles or essays
  • ineffective rules; regulations that exist in name only

Definitions & Examples

piān
wén
zhāng
quán
shì
kǒu
hào
 
méi
yǒu
cuò
shī
 
chún
cuì
shì
kōng
wén
 

That article is full of slogans with no concrete measures; it's purely empty rhetoric.

men
yào
shǎo
shuō
kōng
huà
 
duō
gàn
shí
shì
 
miǎn
xiě
kōng
wén
 

We should talk less and do more practical work, avoiding writing empty articles.

Zhè
fèn
bào
gào
nèi
róng
kōng
dòng
 
jiù
shì
piān
kōng
wén
 

This report is hollow in content; it's almost an empty piece of writing.

Measure Words

/ piān
Primary
/ zhǐ
/ xiàng