架空
gaa3 hung1jià kōng
English
- to build (a hut etc) on stilts
- to install (power lines etc) overhead
- (fig.) unfounded; impractical
- (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
- overhead
- to isolate someone by taking out his foundation or those under him
- speculative; fictional
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指用柱撐起而凌空嘅嘢
- 響權力鬥爭之中，將對手一方地位嘅基礎、親信或者下屬消滅等等，令佢失去實權，以孤立對手
- 冇實際根據嘅
Examples
架空電纜
overhead transmission lines ----
架空小説
alternative history
佢用咗兩年嘅權術將佢老闆架空成一個傀儡。
He makes his boss a mere figurehead with two years of trickery and power games.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk