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Korean idiom Withdraw empty-handed

빈손으로 나앉다

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English rendering Withdraw empty-handed Literal translation: “Sit out with empty hands”

Meaning 1

들인 노력이 허사로 되어 아무것도 얻은 것이 없이 하던 일에서 물러나다.

Withdraw from what one was doing without gaining anything, one's efforts having come to nothing.

Dictionary example 1

삼촌의 사업이 망해 작은집 식구들은 빈손으로 나앉게 되었다.

My uncle's business failed, leaving his family with nothing.

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“빈손으로 나앉다” — Withdraw empty-handed: Withdraw from what one was doing without gaining anything, one's efforts having come to nothing.
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