六亲无靠 — Chinese idiom
六亲无靠
liù qīn wú kào
Traditional: 六親無靠
Meaning
- orphaned of all one's immediate relatives ; no one to rely on
- left to one's own devices
Character by character
- 六liùsix
- 亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 靠kàonearby; to depend on, to lean on, to trust
Idioms sharing a character
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó
- 三茶六饭 sān chá liù fàn
- 三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì
- 人五人六 rén wǔ rén liù
- 六神无主 liù shén wú zhǔ
- 六亲不认 liù qīn bù rèn
- 身怀六甲 shēn huái liù jiǎ
- 串亲访友 chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
- 任人唯亲 rèn rén wéi qīn
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