空理空論
Meanings
Noun
1. impractical theory; academic discussion; doctrinairism (Yojijukugo)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
くうりくうろん
Composed of
空
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness; void (one of the five elements); empty (e.g. set)
Noun
理
reason; principle; logic; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
Noun
Examples1
皆、
This meeting is a waste of time. Everybody is just talking in vague theoretical terms.