赤手空拳

empty hand, empty fist (idiom); having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless

Characters and words in 赤手空拳

red / scarlet / bare / naked

赤 = 一 + 亦 : Mnemonic symbol: a red letter.

Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds that the also-ran (亦) ran over his flute (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) bare-footed (赤). Angrily he gives the also-ran a red letter (赤).

赤

chì

手

shǒu

with bare hands

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

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]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

空

ko̅ng = ku + (e)ng1

empty / air / sky / in vain

空 = 工 + 穴 : Mnemonic symbol: an air conditioner

空 = 工 + 穴 : In front of the engine, Karl Koala found some very special cave paintings. Using steel beams he constructs a protective cover. He also installs air conditioning to make the best environment possible to preserve the cave paintings.

空

kòng = ku + (e)ng4

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

拳

quán = qu + an2

fist / boxing

拳 = 关 + 手 : Cupid (qu) trains his fist (拳) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He just started though, so he wants to start easy and just hits a baseball glove (手) he hung on the wall. Unfortunately he hung it right over the anthill's off-button (关) so that upon his first hit the lights go out.

Words with 赤手空拳

赤手空拳 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 赤手空拳

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