扑空 (pū kōng) — 누군가를 만나지 못함 (도착했을 때 그가 없는 경우); 노력한 후 빈손으로 돌아오다
뜻
扑空 means making an effort to find someone or get something but coming away with nothing. It emphasizes the failed trip itself, not just the empty-handed result.
verb
누군가를 만나지 못함 (도착했을 때 그가 없는 경우)노력한 후 빈손으로 돌아오다
예문
- ，扑空。Wǒ qù tā jiā zhǎo tā, jié guǒ yòu pū kōng le.I went to his place to find him, but he was out again.
- ，。Jīn tiān qù shū diàn mǎi nà běn shū, méi xiǎng dào yòu pū le gè kōng.I went to the bookstore for that book today, but unexpectedly it was sold out again.
- 扑空，。Tā pǎo le hǎo jǐ jiā diàn dōu pū kōng, zuì hòu cái zhǎo dào.He went to several stores and came up empty each time before finally finding it.
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