寡妇
guǎ fu
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widow
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优柔寡断
yōu róu guǎ duàn
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indecisive;
irresolute
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沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
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habitually silent (idiom);
reticent;
uncommunicative
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寡人
guǎ rén
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I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
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守寡
shǒu guǎ
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to live as widow;
to observe widowhood
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孤陋寡闻
gū lòu guǎ wén
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ignorant and inexperienced;
ill-informed and narrow-minded
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寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
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the few are no match for the many;
heavily outnumbered;
facing impossible odds (idiom)
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寡言
guǎ yán
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taciturn;
reticent
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寡头
guǎ tóu
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oligarch
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寡居
guǎ jū
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to live as a widow
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曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
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difficult songs find few singers (idiom);
highbrow
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鳏寡孤独
guān guǎ gū dú
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lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless;
fig. people with no one left to rely on
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不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
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do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
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優柔寡斷
yōu róu guǎ duàn
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indecisive;
irresolute
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刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
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harsh and merciless (idiom)
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多寡
duō guǎ
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number;
amount
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失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
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an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius);
cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support
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孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
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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)
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孤寡
gū guǎ
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orphans and widows;
to be lonely;
loneliness
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孤男寡女
gū nán guǎ nǚ
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a single man and a single woman;
bachelors;
a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
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孤陋寡聞
gū lòu guǎ wén
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ignorant and inexperienced;
ill-informed and narrow-minded
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守活寡
shǒu huó guǎ
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to stay at home while one's husband is away;
grass widow
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寡不敵眾
guǎ bù dí zhòng
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the few are no match for the many;
heavily outnumbered;
facing impossible odds (idiom)
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寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
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peerless;
second to none (idiom)
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寡二少雙
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
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peerless;
second to none (idiom)
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