空洞无物 — Chinese idiom
空洞无物
kōng dòng wú wù
Traditional: 空洞無物
Meaning
- empty cave, nothing there ; devoid of substance
- nothing new to show
Character by character
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 洞dòngcave, grotto, hole, ravine
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 物wùthing, substance, matter; creature
Idioms sharing a character
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 人去楼空 rén qù lóu kōng
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 劈空扳害 pī kōng bān hài
- 司空见惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn
- 唱空城计 chàng kōng chéng jì
- 囊空如洗 náng kōng rú xǐ
- 四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng
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