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一无所获

yī wú suǒ huò

4-character word Traditional 一無所獲

What 一无所获 means

1. to gain nothing
2. to end up empty-handed

The characters in 一无所获

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 获huò(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win

Example sentences

• 他们找了八天飞机，一无所获。
  Tāmen zhǎo le bā tiān fēijī, yīwúsuǒhuò.
  They've been looking for the plane for eight days, without success.