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Meaning of 旷

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(Trad.: 曠)
Pinyin: kuàng
English Definition: to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time); vast; loose-fitting
Chinese Definition:
①空阔:空旷。旷远。旷野。地旷人稀。
②开朗,心境阔大:旷达。心旷神怡。
③相互配合的东西之间空隙过大:这双鞋穿着太旷了。
④荒废,耽误:旷工。旷时持久。旷日经年。
⑤长时间所无:旷代伟人(当代无人比得上的伟大人物)。旷古绝伦。盛世旷典(兴盛时代的罕见难逢的隆重典礼)。
⑥姓氏。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Ideographic: A wide 广 plain under the sun ; 广 also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] sun; day; daytime
    • 广 [ guǎng ] broad, vast, wide; building, house
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Example Words
空旷 kōng kuàng spacious and empty; void
旷野 kuàng wilderness
心旷神怡 xīn kuàng shén lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
旷日持久 kuàng chí jiǔ protracted (idiom); long and drawn-out
旷工 kuàng gōng to skip work; absence without leave
More: 旷* | *旷 | *旷*
Example Sentences
1
You can call/request off work or skip whatever you usually do on most days. Instead do something fun together, even if it just means laying in bed together all day.
2
穿
The dress sits loosely (or is too loose-fitting) on her.
3
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You never want a serious crisis to go to waste, it's an opportunity to do things that you could not do before.
4
Steve never missed a day of school.
5
Nothing more wild and solitary than this garden could be imagined.