空室清野 in English kong1 shi4 qing1 ye3 Meaning

Meanings

  • empty room, clean field (idiomatic expression); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
  • scorched earth policy

Simplified Characters

空 室 清 野

Traditional Characters

空 室 清 野

Pinyin

kong1 shi4 qing1 ye3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

空kong1empty 室shi4surname Shi 清qing1Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911) 野ye3old variant of 野[ye3]