汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 妙手空空
妙手空空
petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
Refers to the thief and also describes having nothing in his hands
指小偷,也形容手中一无所有。
miào shǒu kōng/kòng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

那些擅于妙手空空的贵族和贪婪政客们正是危机的始作俑者。 很多人怀疑他们本该为此负责但终究会逃开。

There is also a well-founded suspicion that light-fingered bureaucrats and greedy politicians, the very people who caused the crisis, should be held to account but won’t be.