"Empty-handed" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 空手 | kōng shǒu | empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate |   |
| 素手 | sù shǒu | white hand / empty-handed | |
| 空着手 | kōng zhe shǒu | empty-handed | |
| 两手空空 | liǎng shǒu kōng kōng | empty-handed (idiom) / fig. not receiving anything | |
| 妙手空空 | miào shǒu kōng kōng | petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing | |
| 一无所获 | yī wú suǒ huò | to gain nothing / to end up empty-handed | |
| 空手而归 | kōng shǒu ér guī | to return empty-handed / to fail to win anything | |
