孤苦伶仃
gū​kǔ​líng​dīng

solitary and helpless

  • created reference approved 孤苦伶仃 → 孤苦零丁 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孤苦伶仃 gū​kǔ​líng​dīng

    孤苦零丁 gū​kǔ​líng​dīng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 孤苦伶仃 · gū​kǔ​líng​dīng · solitary and helpless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孤苦伶仃

    gū​kǔ​líng​dīng

    solitary and helpless

    solitary and wretched without anyone to rely on; friendless and impoverished

    孤苦 (literal) → 孤苦 · gū​kǔ · wretchedly lonely 伶仃 (literal) → 伶仃 · líng​dīng · lonely and helpless

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

    created sense