踏空

Traditional form:

踏空

Pinyin (reading):

tàkōng

Definitions:

• to miss one's step
• (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises

Characters:

• 踏 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare

Traditional characters:

• 踏 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare