失怙
shī​hù

to lose one's father

  • created sense approved 失怙 · shī​hù · to lose one's father — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    失怙

    shī​hù

    to lose one's father

    (literary) to be bereaved of one's father; to be orphaned of a father. From the [[诗经|詩經|shi1 jing1]] line "without a father, upon whom can I rely?"

    失, 怙

    失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose 怙 (literal) → 怙 · hù · father

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense