空虛寂寞冷

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Chinese

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hollow; empty; devoid of meaning cold
trad. (空虛寂寞冷) 空虛 寂寞
simp. (空虚寂寞冷) 空虚 寂寞

Etymology

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From the lyrics of Sandy Lam's song Anger (放縱) in the album Self-Indulgence:

空虛 寂寞  [Cantonese, trad.]
空虚 寂寞  [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo5 hung1 heoi1, ngo5 zik6 mok6, ngo5 dung3 [Jyutping]
I'm empty, I'm lonely, I'm cold

Later quoted in and popularized through Stephen Chow's movie Hail the Judge.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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空虛寂寞冷

  1. (neologism, slang) (spiritually) empty, lonely and cold

See also

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