"兩手空空" meaning in Chinese

See 兩手空空 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, /lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: liǎngshǒukōngkōng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], liǎngshǒukōngkōng [Phonetic:liángshǒukōngkōng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], liǎngshǒukongkong [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], liang³-shou³-kʻung¹-kʻung¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lyǎng-shǒu-kūng-kūng [Mandarin, Yale], leangshooukongkong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ляншоукункун [Mandarin, Palladius], ljanšoukunkun [Mandarin, Palladius], léuhng sáu hūng hūng [Cantonese, Yale], loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lêng⁵ seo² hung¹ hung¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 兩手空空
  1. to be emptyhanded; to be left with nothing; not receiving anything Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-兩手空空-zh-phrase-Ca3BgoYW Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "兩手空空",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be emptyhanded; to be left with nothing; not receiving anything"
      ],
      "id": "en-兩手空空-zh-phrase-Ca3BgoYW",
      "links": [
        [
          "emptyhanded",
          "emptyhanded"
        ],
        [
          "left",
          "left"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "anything",
          "anything"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngshǒukōngkōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngshǒukōngkōng [Phonetic:liángshǒukōngkōng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngshǒukongkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang³-shou³-kʻung¹-kʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyǎng-shǒu-kūng-kūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leangshooukongkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляншоукункун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanšoukunkun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léuhng sáu hūng hūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lêng⁵ seo² hung¹ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: liángshǒukōngkōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "兩手空空"
}
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        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "兩手空空",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Cantonese four-character idioms",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese four-character idioms",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be emptyhanded; to be left with nothing; not receiving anything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emptyhanded",
          "emptyhanded"
        ],
        [
          "left",
          "left"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "anything",
          "anything"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngshǒukōngkōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngshǒukōngkōng [Phonetic:liángshǒukōngkōng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngshǒukongkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang³-shou³-kʻung¹-kʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyǎng-shǒu-kūng-kūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leangshooukongkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляншоукункун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanšoukunkun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léuhng sáu hūng hūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lêng⁵ seo² hung¹ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: liángshǒukōngkōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "兩手空空"
}

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