在空無一物的地方, 皇帝再大的權力也無用。

In an empty place, an emperor has no power.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
2 空無一物 kōng to have nothing
=3 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=4 地方 fāng
  1. region
  2. regional (away from the central administration)
  3. local
=4 地方 fang
  1. area
  2. place
  3. space
  4. room
  5. territory

classifiers: , ,

5 皇帝 huáng emperor

classifier:

6 zài
  1. again; once more; re-
  2. further; beyond this point of time
  3. (before an adjective) more
  4. then (after sth, and not until then)
  5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or dōu for emphasis)
  6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則 zài, 再就是 zàijiùshì etc)
  7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
=7
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=7 dài see 大夫 dàifu
=8 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 權力 quán
  1. power
  2. authority
=10 surname Ye
=10
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
11 無用 yòng
  1. useless
  2. worthless