孤臣孽子 gūchénnièzǐ wretched outcast Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 孤 gū adjective solitary (bound form) lonely; solitary; isolated; alone臣 chén subject A high official or a subject of a monarch in dynastic China孽子 nièzǐ child of a concubine (literary) the child of a concubine or a maidservant; an illegitimate child