天低吴楚,眼空无物

the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon

Characters and words in 天低吴楚,眼空无物

tiān = ti + an1
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= di + Ø1
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
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= w + Ø2
surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods
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southern states of Wu and Chu / the middle and lower Yangtze valley
chǔ = chu + Ø3
surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
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chǔ = chu + Ø3
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
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yǎn = y + an3
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
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kōng = ku + (e)ng1
empty / air / sky / in vain
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kòng = ku + (e)ng4
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
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= w + Ø2
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
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nothing / empty
= w + Ø4
thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理
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