kōng kōng rú yě

空空如也 (kōng kōng rú yě) is a Chinese word meaning “as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous”.

Meanings

  1. 1as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
  2. 2to have nothing
  3. 3vacuous
  4. 4hollow
  5. 5empty (argument, head etc)

Characters in 空空如也

空kōng · empty空kōng · empty如rú · as也yě · also; too; as well; (not ...) either

Related words

也also; too; as well; (not ...) either也surname Ye如果if; in case; in the event that也许perhaps; maybe如何how如此like this; so; such如as比如for example; for instance; such as比如see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]空empty空to empty空间space; room

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