empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
trad. 兩手空空
Also written 兩手空空【liǎng shǒu kōng kōng】
Characters in this word
3两
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two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Traditional
- 兩
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1703 of 2500
手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
空
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empty, air, sky, in vain
- Pinyin
- kōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2458 of 2500