guǎ

widowed; alone, friendless

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DEFINITIONS

  • widowed
  • alone, friendless
  • few
  • scant
  • widowed

STROKES

WORDS

妇 guǎ fu widow
优柔断 yōu róu guǎ duàn indecisive; irresolute
沉默言 chén mò guǎ yán habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
人 guǎ rén I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
shǒu guǎ to live as widow; to observe widowhood
孤陋闻 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
言 guǎ yán taciturn; reticent
头 guǎ tóu oligarch
居 guǎ jū to live as a widow
曲高和 qǔ gāo hè guǎ difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow
孤独 guān guǎ gū dú lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless; fig. people with no one left to rely on
不患而患不均 bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
優柔斷 yōu róu guǎ duàn indecisive; irresolute
刻薄恩 kè bó guǎ ēn harsh and merciless (idiom)
duō guǎ number; amount
失道助 shī dào guǎ zhù an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support
孤家人 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 guǎ orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness
孤男女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
孤陋聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
守活 shǒu huó guǎ to stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow
不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
二少双 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng peerless; second to none (idiom)
二少雙 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng peerless; second to none (idiom)
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