众叛亲离 zhòng pàn qīn lí

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom)
  2. fig. to find oneself utterly isolated

CHARACTERS

众 zhòng
HSK 4
multitude, crowd; masses, public
叛 pàn
HSK 6
rebel; rebellion; rebellious
亲 qīn
HSK 4
relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree
离 lí
HSK 2
rare beast; strange; elegant