孤身只影 — Chinese idiom
孤身只影
gū shēn zhī yǐng
Traditional: 孤身隻影
Meaning
- lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
- to be all alone
Character by character
- 孤gūorphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 只zhīonly, merely, just
- 影yǐngshadow; image, reflection; photograph
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
- 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
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