created reference approved 寡人 → 孤家寡人 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寡人 guǎrén
孤家寡人 gūjiāguǎrén
see
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created sense approved 寡人 · guǎrén · I (used by ancient rulers) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寡人
guǎrén
I (used by ancient rulers)
A first-person pronoun used by kings, lords, or rulers in ancient China to refer to themselves. Literally meaning 'person of little virtue', it was used as a humble term of address.
寡 (literal) → 寡 · guǎ · [self-address] 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 寡人 · guǎrén · I (used by wives of feudal lords) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寡人
guǎrén
I (used by wives of feudal lords)
A first-person pronoun used by the wives of feudal lords in ancient China to refer to themselves.
寡 (literal) → 寡 · guǎ · [self-address] 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 寡人 · guǎrén · lonely person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寡人
guǎrén
lonely person
A person who is alone or has no companions; often used in the phrase [[孤家寡人|孤家寡人|gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2]].
寡 (literal) → 寡 · guǎ · few 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person
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