长空

長空
chángkōng
noun #43,400

Meanings

  1. 1 the vast sky
  2. 2 the open heavens

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yì qún dàyàn fēiguò chángkōng.
A flock of wild geese flies across the vast sky.
HSK 7-9
Shēnyè, yì kē liúxīng huáguò chángkōng, zhuǎnyǎn jiù bújiàn le.
Late at night, a meteor streaked across the sky and was gone in an instant.

Tips

usage
长 here is cháng "long, vast". A literary word for the sky, at home in poems, songs and slogans: 万里长空 (ten thousand li of open sky), 搏击长空 (to battle the skies, said of an eagle or a pilot).

Stroke Order

长 cháng
空 kōng