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孤

gū

Definition

lone
lonely
alone
solitary
isolated
orphan

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

Zizania latifolia; mushroom

(bamboo); trumpet for chariots

Related words (47)

proud and aloof

antisocial; reclusive; eccentric

orphan

lonely; loneliness

widow

orphan; fatherless son

lonesome; solitary

lonesome; desolate

alone and poor; humble; (Cantonese) miserly

orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness

isolated peak

isolated island

to act on one's own; to fight alone

cheekbone; ankle

lonely; solitary

isolate; isolated

isolated; solitary

solitary old man or woman; regular patron (at brothels)

solitary hero; maverick

alone; lonely

ignorant; ill-informed

arrogant

lonely soul

lone bird; marginalized (country, person etc)

orphan drug

orphanage; child asylum

(literary) orphan

(bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)

autism

soliton (physics)

gū líng líng

lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary

gū luán nián

inauspicious year for marriage

gū jié tè lì

to be all alone in the world

gū zhù yī zhì

to stake all on one throw

gū lì zǐ bō

instanton (math.)

gū lì wú yuán

isolated and without help

gū dǎn yīng xióng

solitary hero; maverick

gū zhèng bù lì

unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism)

gū lòu guǎ wén

ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded

gū cí shēng zhí

parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)

to doze off (Taiwanese)

small orphan

orphan

bunion; hallux valgus

jié yǐng gū dān

to be all alone by oneself

shēng tài gū dǎo

insularization (as a threat to biodiversity)

guān guǎ gū dú

(lit.) widowers, widows, orphans and the childless; (fig.) people with no one left to rely on

Idioms (8)

gū jūn fèn zhàn

(lit.) lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); (fig.) (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support

gū jiā guǎ rén

one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)

gū dú yú shì

alone in the world (idiom)

gū fāng zì shǎng

lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism; self-love

gū kǔ líng dīng

solitary and impoverished (idiom)

gū shēn zhī yǐng

(lit.) a lonely body with only a shadow for company; to be all alone (idiom)

yī yì gū xíng

obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic

kǔ xīn gū yì

to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at sth

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