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孤苦零丁
gū kǔ líng dīng
Pinyin
Definition
孤苦零丁
-
gū kǔ líng dīng
variant of 孤苦伶仃[gū kǔ líng dīng]
Character Decomposition
孤
子
瓜
苦
艹
十
口
零
雨
人
丶
龴
丁
一
亅
Related Words
(20)
孤单
gū dān
1
lone
2
lonely
3
loneliness
孤独
gū dú
1
lonely
2
solitary
痛苦
tòng kǔ
1
pain
2
suffering
3
painful
4
CL:個|个[gè]
苦
kǔ
1
bitter
2
hardship
3
pain
4
to suffer
5
to bring suffering to
6
painstakingly
辛苦
xīn kǔ
1
exhausting
2
hard
3
tough
4
arduous
5
to work hard
6
to go to a lot of trouble
7
hardship(s)
零食
líng shí
1
between-meal nibbles
2
snacks
丁
Dīng
1
surname Ding
丁丁
Dīng dīng
1
Tintin, cartoon character
丁香
dīng xiāng
1
lilac (Syringia vulgaris)
2
clove (Eugenia aromatica)
丁点
dīng diǎn
1
tiny bit
何苦
hé kǔ
1
why bother?
2
is it worth the trouble?
凋零
diāo líng
1
withered
2
wilted
3
to wither
4
to fade
5
to decay
刻苦
kè kǔ
1
hardworking
2
assiduous
劳苦
láo kǔ
1
to toil
2
hard work
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
1
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
2
with difficulty
3
after some effort
卡丁车
kǎ dīng chē
1
kart racing
受苦
shòu kǔ
1
to suffer hardship
吃苦
chī kǔ
1
to bear hardships
命苦
mìng kǔ
1
to be born under an ill star
困苦
kùn kǔ
1
deprivation
2
distressed
3
miserable
Idioms
(20)
一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
1
obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
2
willful
3
one's own way
4
dogmatic
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
1
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
1
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不知丁董
bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
1
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
2
unheeding the lessons of the past
付之丙丁
fù zhī bǐng dīng
1
to burn down (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
1
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
2
dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
1
to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
1
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
2
to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
1
to mull over (idiom)
2
to think long and hard
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
1
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
2
hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
1
to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
2
divide and conquer
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
1
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
2
with difficulty
3
after some effort
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
1
to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
2
incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
1
to whine on for days (idiom)
2
to endlessly grumble complaints
3
incessant whining
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
1
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
1
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
2
for better or for worse
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
1
to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
2
to bear one's cross
哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
1
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
2
unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
3
sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
1
sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
1
drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
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