落空

lào kōng

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là kòng to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by lào kōng to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless luò kōng to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing

Definitions

  1. 1. to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless

Words Containing 落空

希望落空
xī wàng luò kōng

hopes are dashed

Child Words of 落空

空
kōng

empty

空
kòng

to empty

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop