鳏寡孤独 — Chinese idiom
鳏寡孤独
guān guǎ gū dú
Traditional: 鰥寡孤獨
Meaning
- (lit.) widowers, widows, orphans and the childless
- (fig.) people with no one left to rely on
Character by character
- 鳏guānhuge fish; widower; bachelor
- 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
- 孤gūorphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
- 独dúalone, independent, only, single, solitary
Idioms sharing a character
- 刻薄寡恩 kè bó guǎ ēn
- 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén
- 寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng
- 寡二少双 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
- 曲高和寡 qǔ gāo hè guǎ
- 木讷寡言 mù nè guǎ yán
- 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán
- 清心寡欲 qīng xīn guǎ yù
- 众寡悬殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū
- 落落寡交 luò luò guǎ jiāo
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