一无所获

Traditional form:

一無所獲

Pinyin (reading):

yīwúsuǒhuò

Definitions:

• to gain nothing
• to end up empty-handed

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 获 - to get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 獲 - to get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze