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两手空空

liǎng shǒu kōng kōng

4-character word Traditional 兩手空空

What 两手空空 means

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

The characters in 两手空空

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 空kōngempty; air; sky

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