举目无亲 — Chinese idiom
举目无亲
jǔ mù wú qīn
Traditional: 舉目無親
Meaning
- to look up and see no-one familiar ; not having anyone to rely on
- without a friend in the world
Character by character
- 举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
Idioms sharing a character
- 一举一动 yī jǔ yī dòng
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 不可枚举 bù kě méi jǔ
- 多此一举 duō cǐ yī jǔ
- 百废待举 bǎi fèi dài jǔ
- 百端待举 bǎi duān dài jǔ
- 众擎易举 zhòng qíng yì jǔ
- 纲举目张 gāng jǔ mù zhāng
- 举一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān
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