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空手而归
kōng shǒu ér guī
What 空手而归 means
- to return empty-handed
- to fail to win anything
The characters in 空手而归
- 空kōngempty; air; sky
- 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
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