| 颗粒无收 |
kē lì wú shōu |
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year) |
| 颗 |
kē |
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc |
| 颗粒 |
kē lì |
kernel / granule / granulated (sugar, chemical product) |
| 粒 |
lì |
grain; granule; pellet; particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc) |
| 无 |
mó |
used in 南无 |
| 无 |
wú |
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less |
| 收 |
shōu |
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) |