两手空空

empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything

Characters and words in 两手空空

two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

两 = 一 + 从 + 冂 : Li Qingzhao is on a treasure hunt in the anglepod, following a secret map she found. Finally she found a treasure chest guarded by a rubber chicken which she has to overcome. Luckily, the map mentions a tune that Li Qingzhao plays on her flute, and thus bewitching the rubber chicken. The rubber chicken releases the treasure chest, which is full of taels of gold.

两

兩

liǎng

手

shǒu

one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise

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

空

ko̅ng

空

ko̅ng

empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)

Words with 两手空空

两手空空 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 两手空空

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