掏空

Traditional form:

掏空

Pinyin (reading):

tāokōng

Definitions:

• to hollow out
• to empty out
• to use up
• (finance) tunneling

Characters:

• 掏 - to take out; to pull out; to clean out
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare

Traditional characters:

• 掏 - to take out; to pull out; to clean out
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare