空谷足音 Save Sign in to save words kōnggǔzúyīn ㄎㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄧㄣ the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom) lit. sth hard to come by sth wonderful and rare fig. Character by character 空(kōng)empty 谷(gǔ)grain 足(zú)foot 音(yīn)sound A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0