Word: 一場空 (yīchángkōng)

一場空 is how 一场空 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 一场空

一場空 dictionary entry

yīchángkōng: all in vain

Full dictionary entry for 一場空

Example sentences using 一場空

7 sentences, showing page 1 of 1.

人爭閒氣一場空

rén zhēngxiánqì yìchángkōng

people fight over idle anger, and it all comes to nothing
和尚夢拜堂，一場空喜歡

héshang mèng bàitáng, yìchángkōng xǐhuan

a monk dreaming of his wedding ceremony: a joy that was all for nothing
忙了一年，到頭來一場空。

Mángle yì nián, dàotóulái yìchángkōng.

After a whole year of hard work, it all came to nothing in the end.
春夢雖好一場空

chūnmèng suī hǎo yìchángkōng

though a spring dream is lovely, it is all empty in the end
水中撈月，一場空忙

shuǐzhōnglāoyuè, yìchángkōng máng

fishing for the moon in water: all that work for nothing
竹籃打水，一場空

zhúlándǎshuǐ, yìchángkōng

drawing water with a bamboo basket: all for nothing
雞飛蛋打，一場空

jīfēidàndǎ, yìchǎngkōng

the hen flies off and the eggs are smashed: all for nothing