孤军奋战 — Chinese idiom
孤军奋战
gū jūn fèn zhàn
Traditional: 孤軍奮戰
Meaning
- lit. lone army putting up a brave fight
- fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
Character by character
- 孤gūorphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
- 军jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops
- 奋fènto strive, to exert effort; to arouse
- 战zhànwar, fighting, battle
Idioms sharing a character
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
- 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén
- 孤独于世 gū dú yú shì
- 孤芳自赏 gū fāng zì shǎng
- 孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng
- 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
- 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ
- 苦心孤诣 kǔ xīn gū yì
- 鳏寡孤独 guān guǎ gū dú
- 全军覆没 quán jūn fù mò
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