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寡

guǎ

Definition

few
scant
widowed

Character Decomposition

Related words (28)

finding little support; neglected

oligarch

widow

to live as a widow

heartless; unfeeling

insipid; bland; indifferent

taciturn; reticent

having little knowledge; not well-read

guǎ tóu lǒng duàn

oligopoly

guǎ tóu zhèng zhì

oligarchy

the many or the few

number; amount

orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness

to live as widow; to observe widowhood

shǒu huó guǎ

to stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow

zhòng guǎ xuán shū

the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched; overwhelmed by weight of numbers

yōu róu guǎ duàn

indecisive; irresolute

shī dào guǎ zhù

an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助 a just cause attracts much support

gū lòu guǎ wén

ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded

dí zhòng wǒ guǎ

multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; beaten by the weight of numbers

chén jìng guǎ yán

see 沉默寡言

qīng tāng guǎ shuǐ

meager fare; (fig.) insipid; colorless

suǒ rán guǎ wèi

dull and insipid

luò luò guǎ hé

aloof; standoffish; unsociable

luò luò guǎ huān

melancholy; unhappy

yù yù guǎ huān

depressed; cheerless

guān guǎ gū dú

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

不患寡而患不均

bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn

do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)

Idioms (10)

guǎ bù dí zhòng

the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)

guǎ èr shǎo shuāng

peerless; second to none (idiom)

kè bó guǎ ēn

harsh and merciless (idiom)

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)

qǔ gāo hè guǎ

difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow

mù nè guǎ yán

honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)

chén mò guǎ yán

habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative

dàn bó guǎ wèi

insipid and tasteless (idiom)

luò luò guǎ jiāo

aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)

póu duō yì guǎ

to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)

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