两手空空
liǎng​shǒu​kōng​kōng

empty-handed

  • created sense approved 两手空空/兩手空空 · liǎng​shǒu​kōng​kōng · empty-handed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    两手空空 / 兩手空空

    liǎng​shǒu​kōng​kōng

    empty-handed

    to be left with nothing; to have nothing in one's hands

    两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 空空 (reduplication) → 空 · kōng · empty

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense