空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě — absolutely empty; nothing at all

空空如也
kōng kōng rú yě

Characters: 空 · 空 · 如 · 也

Definitions

  1. absolutely empty; nothing at all

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

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

ExtDict

  1. 空空：诚恳，虚心。原形容诚恳、虚心的样子。现形容一无所有。

Examples

  • 打开抽屉，里面空空如也。

    Opening the drawer, he found it completely empty.

  • 他脑子里空空如也，一句话也想不出来。

    His mind was a total blank, and he could not think of a single word.