空論

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (空論)		空	論
simp. (空论)		空	论

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōnglùn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄌㄨㄣˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōnglùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄌㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: konglùn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-lun⁴
  - Yale: kūng-lwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongluenn
  - Palladius: кунлунь (kunlunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/

Noun

空論

empty talk
- 許多同志，不注重和不善於總結群眾鬥爭的經驗，而歡喜主觀主義地自作聰明地發表許多意見，因而使自己的意見變成不切實際的空論。 [MSC, trad.]
  许多同志，不注重和不善于总结群众斗争的经验，而欢喜主观主义地自作聪明地发表许多意见，因而使自己的意见变成不切实际的空论。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1943, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於領導方法的若干問題》 (Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership), 毛澤東選集 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung). English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition.
  Xǔduō tóngzhì, bù zhùzhòng hé bù shànyú zǒngjié qúnzhòng dòuzhēng de jīngyàn, ér huānxǐ zhǔguānzhǔyì de zìzuòcōngmíng de fābiǎo xǔduō yìjiàn, yīn'ér shǐ zìjǐ de yìjiàn biànchéng bùqièshíjì de kōnglùn. [Pinyin]
  Many comrades do not see the importance of, or are not good at, summing up the experience of mass struggles, but fancying themselves clever, are fond of voicing their subjectivist ideas, and so their ideas become empty and impractical.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	論
くう Grade: 1	ろん Grade: 6
goon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːɾõ̞ɴ]

Noun

空(くう)論(ろん) • (kūron)

empty theory; an armchair theory
Synonyms: 机上論 (kijōron), 理想論 (risōron), 空理空論 (kūri kūron), 机上の空論 (kijō no kūron), 畳の上の水練 (tatami no ue no suiren)

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