created sense approved 扑空/撲空 · pūkōng · to fail to find someone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
扑空 / 撲空
pūkōng
to fail to find someone
To go to a destination and fail to find the person or thing one is looking for; to miss an appointment or catch no one at home.
扑, 空
扑 (literal) → 扑/撲 · pū · to throw oneself at 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · in vain
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created sense approved 扑空/撲空 · pūkōng · to miss one's aim — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
扑空 / 撲空
pūkōng
to miss one's aim
To fail to catch or hit something after lunging at it; to rush at thin air, such as a goalkeeper missing a ball.
扑, 空
扑 (literal) → 扑/撲 · pū · to throw oneself at 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · in vain
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 扑空/撲空 · pūkōng · to come to nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
扑空 / 撲空
pūkōng
to come to nothing
To have nothing to show for one's efforts; to misfire or fail to achieve a goal.
扑, 空
扑 (literal) → 扑/撲 · pū · to throw oneself at 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · in vain
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition