伶仃
líng dīng
Pinyin

Definition

伶仃
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líng dīng
  1. alone and helpless
  2. also written 零丁

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

伶俐
líng lì
  1. 1 clever
  2. 2 witty
  3. 3 intelligent
伶仃
líng dīng
  1. 1 alone and helpless
  2. 2 also written 零丁
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
优伶
yōu líng
  1. 1 (old) performing artist
  2. 2 actor
  3. 3 actress
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
  1. 1 solitary and impoverished (idiom)

Idioms (3)

伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
口齿伶俐
kǒu chǐ líng lì
  1. 1 eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence
  2. 2 the gift of the gab
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
  1. 1 solitary and impoverished (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这怎么行。让我爸一个人孤苦伶仃地住在那里，和一些不认识的人同吃同睡，而我这个做儿子的却在家享福，这说得过去吗？这种大逆不道的事我可做不出来。
zhè zěnme xíng 。ràng wǒ bà yī ge rén gūkǔlíngdīng de zhùzài nàli ，hé yīxiē bù rènshi de rén tóng chī tóng shuì ，ér wǒ zhège zuò érzi de què zài jiā xiǎngfú ，zhè shuō de guòqù ma ？zhèzhǒng dànìbùdào de shì wǒ kě zuò bu chūlái 。
How could we? How could we send my dad off to live all alone there, eating and sleeping with strangers, while his son lives happily at home? I just can't betray him that way.
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