落空

Traditional form:

落空

Pinyin (reading):

làokōng

Definitions:

• to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless

Characters:

• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare

Traditional characters:

• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare