无依无靠
wú​yī​wú​kào

to have no one to depend on

  • created reference approved 无依无靠/無依無靠 → 孤苦伶仃 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无依无靠 / 無依無靠 wú​yī​wú​kào

    孤苦伶仃 gū​kǔ​líng​dīng

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 无依无靠/無依無靠 · wú​yī​wú​kào · to have no one to depend on — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无依无靠 / 無依無靠

    wú​yī​wú​kào

    to have no one to depend on

    (idiom) having no family or friends to rely on; left all alone and helpless; on one's own

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 依 (literal) → 依 · yī · to depend on 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 靠 (literal) → 靠 · kào · to depend on

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

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