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Open the tool →如入宝山空手回 (rú rù bǎo shān kōng shǒu huí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to fail to gain anything despite being in a situation that offers great opportunities or potential benefits; to come away empty-handed from a very promising situation”.
如入宝山空手回 is pronounced rú rù bǎo shān kōng shǒu huí in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 如入宝山空手回 means “as if entering a treasure mountain and returning empty-handed”. It is used to mean “to fail to gain anything despite being in a situation that offers great opportunities or potential benefits; to come away empty-handed from a very promising situation”.
宝山:聚藏宝物的山。比喻本来会有很大的收获,结果一无所获