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鳏寡孤独

guān guǎ gū dú

4-character word Traditional 鰥寡孤獨

What 鳏寡孤独 means

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

The characters in 鳏寡孤独

• 鳏guānwidower
• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 独dúalone; independent; single

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