孤寡
gū guǎ
Pinyin

Definition

孤寡
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gū guǎ
  1. orphans and widows
  2. to be lonely
  3. loneliness

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

孤单
gū dān
  1. 1 lone
  2. 2 lonely
  3. 3 loneliness
孤独
gū dú
  1. 1 lonely
  2. 2 solitary
寡妇
guǎ fu
  1. 1 widow
孤
gū
  1. 1 lone
  2. 2 lonely
孤傲
gū ào
  1. 1 proud and aloof

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
  1. 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
  1. 1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
  3. 3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)

Sample Sentences

老人能得到良好的照顾当然很好。可是如果社会发展跟不上，社会福利得不到保证，人们不能安居乐业，又有谁来照顾那些孤寡老人呢？如果老年人越来越多，不是会给社会带来巨大压力吗？
lǎorén néng dédào liánghǎo de zhàogu dāngrán hěn hǎo 。kěshì rúguǒ shèhuì fāzhǎn gēn bu shàng ，shèhuì fúlì dé bu dào bǎozhèng ，rénmen bùnéng ānjūlèyè ，yòu yǒu shéi lái zhàogu nàxiē gūguǎ lǎorén ne ？rúguǒ lǎoniánrén yuèláiyuèduō ，bùshì huì gěi shèhuì dàilái jùdà yālì ma ？
Of course it's great that the elderly can enjoy excellent care. But if social development can't keep up, there will be no guarantee of social welfare. People won't be able to live contentedly. And who will take care of those lonely old people? If there are more old people all the time, won't it put huge pressure on society?
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