| 希望落空 |
xī wàng luò kōng |
hopes are dashed |
| 希 |
xī |
to hope / to admire / variant of 稀 |
| 希望 |
xī wàng |
to hope / a hope; a wish (CL:个) |
| 望 |
wàng |
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards |
| 望 |
wàng |
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望 |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 落空 |
là kòng |
to omit; to neglect (to do sth) / to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by |
| 落空 |
lào kōng |
to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless |
| 落空 |
luò kōng |
to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing |
| 空 |
kōng |
empty / air / sky / in vain |
| 空 |
kòng |
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time |