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白首空归 白首：白头，指年老；空：徒然。头发白了，空手回来。指到老没有成就 南朝·宋·范晔《后汉书·献帝纪》：“营求粮资，不得专业。结童入学，白首空归 Bái  Shǒu  Kōng  Guī Bskg 老而无成、白首无成 偏正式；作谓语；含贬义

'白首空归' (bái shǒu kōng guī) means to return empty-handed in old age, having achieved nothing. This pejorative idiom describes a life spent without accomplishment, resulting in having gained nothing even in one's later years.

白首空归 (bái shǒu kōng guī) 指年老了却一事无成，空手而归。这个成语带有贬义，形容人一生碌碌无为，到了晚年仍一无所获。

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