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空头支票

kōng tóu zhī piàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
bounced check; bad check / (idiom) empty promise
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-a88abc5f50721aa7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

空頭支票 空头支票 [kong1 tou2 zhi1 piao4] /bounced check; bad check/(idiom) empty promise/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 空頭支票

  • 空
    kōng

    empty / air / sky / in vain

    kòng

    to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 支
    zhī

    to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

    Zhī

    surname Zhi

  • 票
    piào

    ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhāng] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.