一无所获

yī wú suǒ huò

to come away with nothing

Character by character

一yī
one

无wú
without

所suǒ
what

获huò
gain

警察找了一整天，结果一无所获。

The police searched all day and found nothing.

Tone: neutral.

Usually after effort: 找了／忙了…，结果一无所获.

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