两手空空 (liǎng shǒu kōng kōng) | Meaning: empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance)赤手空拳chì shǒu kōng quán

lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands · uncorrupted · unsoiled by corrupt practices两袖清风liǎng xiù qīng fēng

not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking · without two sticks to rub together一无所有yī wú suǒ yǒu

to gain nothing · to end up empty-handed一无所获yī wú suǒ huò

(idiom) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a frugal life身无长物shēn wú cháng wù

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