两手空空 — Chinese idiom
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
Traditional: 兩手空空
Meaning
- empty-handed ; fig. not receiving anything
Character by character
- 两liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 手shǒuhand
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 三下两下 sān xià liǎng xià
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 三番两次 sān fān liǎng cì
- 三言两句 sān yán liǎng jù
- 三言两语 sān yán liǎng yǔ
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi
- 两败俱伤 liǎng bài jù shāng
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