空着手

Traditional form:

空著手

Pinyin (reading):

kōngzheshǒu

Definitions:

• empty-handed

Characters:

• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
• 着 - to make a move, to take action
• 手 - hand

Traditional characters:

• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
• 著 - to show, to prove, to make known
• 手 - hand