十室九空 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary


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ten room nine

emptied; leisure; air

emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain

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Literally: “nine out of ten houses are empty”.

十室九空

  1. (of a space) desolate after a war or disaster; deserted as people have died or fled