孤苦伶仃 — Chinese idiom
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
Meaning
- solitary and impoverished
Character by character
- 孤gūorphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 伶língclever; lonely, solitary
- 仃dīnglonely, solitary
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
- 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
- 孤军奋战 gū jūn fèn zhàn
- 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ
- 苦心孤诣 kǔ xīn gū yì
- 鳏寡孤独 guān guǎ gū dú
- 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
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