空手而歸

to return empty-handed / to fail to win anything

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

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]

empty / air / sky / in vain

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate

surname Gui

to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor