liǎng​shǒu​kōng​kōng

empty-handed

两手空空 (兩手空空) liǎng​shǒu​kōng​kōng
empty-handed expression
Empty-handed; figuratively, not receiving anything.

He worked hard away from home for a year and finally returned empty-handed.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.19 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.860 per million

Sources

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