| 一纸空文 |
yī zhǐ kōng wén |
a worthless piece of paper (idiom) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 纸 |
zhǐ |
variant of 纸 |
| 纸 |
zhǐ |
paper (CL:张,沓) / classifier for documents, letters etc |
| 空 |
kōng |
empty / air / sky / in vain |
| 空 |
kòng |
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |