掏空 [－－]

Jyutping tou4 hung1
Pinyin tāo kōng

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, figuratively
    to engage in tunneling
  2. verb, figuratively
    to use up; to exhaust (one's energy); to rack one's brain
    • 他掏空家底給兒子治病。
      他掏空家底给儿子治病。
      tā tāo kōng jiā dǐ gěi ér zi zhì bìng ．
      He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease.
    • 我感覺身體被掏空。
      我感觉身体被掏空。
      wǒ gǎn jué shēn tǐ bèi tāo kōng ．
      I feel wiped out.
  3. verb, literally
    to hollow out; to empty out
  4. verb, Jin
    to find time (to do something); to take time
    (syn.) 撥工, 抽閒, 閬工, 抽時間, 抽空兒, 抓空兒, 掏空, 候空, 抽空, 抽空子, 落空, 抽暇, 抽間
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
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掏空 [－－]

Jyutping
Pinyin tāo kōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to hollow out
  2. to empty out
  3. to use up
  4. (finance) tunneling
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他掏空家底给儿子治病。
    他掏空家底給兒子治病。
    tā tāo kōng jiā dǐ gěi ér zi zhì bìng ．
    • He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease.
  2. Mandarin
    我感觉身体被掏空。
    我感覺身體被掏空。
    wǒ gǎn jué shēn tǐ bèi tāo kōng ．
    • I feel wiped out.