脱空

Traditional form:

脫空

Pinyin (reading):

tuōkōng

Definitions:

• to fail
• to come to nothing
• to fall through (of plans, hopes)
• to lie

Characters:

• 脱 - to take off, to shed; to escape from
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare

Traditional characters:

• 脫 - to take off, to shed; to escape from
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare