"les mains vides" meaning in Français

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Adverb

IPA: \le mɛ̃ vid\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-les mains vides.wav
  1. Sans argent à donner, de présent à faire, de documents à fournir, de preuves à donner. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-les_mains_vides-fr-adv-CvI0ZmCf Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: mit leeren Händen (Allemand), empty-handed (Anglais), de mãos vazias (Portugais), несолоно хлебавши (Russe), hai bàn tay trắng (Vietnamien)
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    "Composé de main et de vide."
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      "word": "empty-handed"
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      "lang": "Russe",
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      "word": "несолоно хлебавши"
    },
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      "lang": "Vietnamien",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "word": "hai bàn tay trắng"
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      "word": "empty-handed"
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      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "de mãos vazias"
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      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "несолоно хлебавши"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamien",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "word": "hai bàn tay trắng"
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  "word": "les mains vides"
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