| 空手套白狼 |
kōng shǒu tào bái láng |
(coll.) to make big gains without putting in effort or resources |
| 空 |
kōng |
empty / air / sky / in vain |
| 空 |
kòng |
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time |
| 空手 |
kōng shǒu |
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate |
| 手 |
shǒu |
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:双,只 |
| 手套 |
shǒu tào |
glove / mitten / CL:双,只 |
| 套 |
tào |
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
| 白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
| 狼 |
láng |
wolf / CL:匹,只,条 |