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孤苦零丁
gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1 |
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alone - lonely and helpless without family or friends. Level: 4 Google Frequency: 11,800 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:孤 gu1 - orphan; isolated苦 fu2 - bitter; painful; hard; suffer from 零 ling4 leng4 - zero; and; fragmentary; a little more than 丁 ding1 - male adult; manual worker; fourth | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:孤苦伶仃 gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1 = orphaned and helpless; friendless and wretched |
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