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Meaning of 孤

Pinyin gū

Radical

子

Strokes

Definition

lone / lonely

Usage

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孤 [gū] 名【本义】: 幼年丧父，即孤儿 1. 同本义 (En. orphan) 2. 古代王侯的自称 (En. I) 1 《说文》：孤，无父也。 2 《礼记·深衣》：如孤子。注:“三十以下无父称孤。” 3 《国语·周语》：司民协孤终。 4 潘岳《寡妇赋》：少伶俜而偏孤兮。 5 《孟子·梁惠王下》：老而无子曰独，幼儿无父曰孤。 6 《左传·昭公十四年》：救灾患，宥孤寡。 7 孔衍《汉魏春秋》：备答曰:“ 刘荆州临亡，讬我以遗孤，背信自济，吾所不为，死何面目见刘荆州乎?” 例: 孤驹 (无母的小马); 孤遗 (无父母的子女); 孤雏 (失去母鸟的幼鸟); 孤疾 (孤儿和残疾人); 六尺之孤 (没有父亲的未成年的孩子); 孤终 (孤儿和死亡者); 孤嫠 (孤儿寡妇); 孤撮 (孤儿)。特指为国事而牺牲者的后代。如: 遗孤形 1. 单独; 孤独 (En. lonely; solitary; isolated; alone) 引 1 《广雅·释诂三》：孤，独也。 2 《吕氏春秋·君守》：君名孤寡。 3 宋· 苏洵《六国论》：且燕赵处秦革灭殆尽之际，可谓智力孤危。 4 唐· 王维《使至塞上》：大漠孤烟直，长河落日圆。 5 以区区百人，投身大敌，与之扑斗，何异以孤羊投群狼?——《清稗类钞·战事类》例: 孤冷 (孤独冷清); 孤孤恓恓 (孤独恓惶); 孤恓 (孤独不安); 孤桩桩 (孤零零站着); 孤贫 (孤独穷困) 2. 孤高 (En. arrogant) 引 1 唐· 孟郊《连州吟》：孤怀吐明月，众毁铄黄金。例: 孤风 (孤高的风度、品格); 孤直 (孤高耿直); 孤特 (孤高; 特出); 孤梗 (孤高刚直); 孤逸 (孤高洒脱); 孤清 (孤高而清静) 3. 独特 (En. unique) 引 1 唐· 李商隐《安平公》：清词孤韵有歌响，击触钟磬鸣环珂。例: 孤音 (独特的音律; 孤独的声音); 孤艳 (指独秀的花); 孤韵 (独特的风格; 超凡的韵律); 孤怀 (孤高的情操) 动 1. 负，负恩，背弃恩德 (En. let sb. down) 引 1 《康熙字典》：孤，负也。毛曰: 凡孤负之孤当作孤。俗作辜，非。 2 汉· 李陵《答苏武书》：陵虽孤恩，汉亦负德。 3 孤负陵心区区之意。 4 《后汉书·光武十王传》：孤负重恩，衔恨黄泉。 5 《魏书·袁翻传》：终无纯固之节，必有孤负之心。例: 孤恩 (负恩，背弃恩德) 2. 孤立于 (En. isolate) 引 1 《韩非子·奸劫弑臣》：是以主孤于上而臣党于下。

孤坟 gū fén

Lone grave

孤立 gū lì

isolate / isolated

孤军奋战 gū jūn fèn zhàn

lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support

孤独 gū dú

lonely / solitary

孤零零 gū líng líng

lone / isolated and without help / all alone / solitary

孤单 gū dān

lone / lonely / loneliness

孤寂 gū jì

lonesome / desolate

孤身 gū shēn

alone / lonely

孤岛 gū dǎo

isolated island

孤身一人 gū shēn yī rén

all on one's own

孤注一掷 gū zhù yī zhì

to stake all on one throw

一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng

obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic

孤苦 gū kǔ

alone and helpless

孤立无援 gū lì wú yuán

isolated and without help

孤掌难鸣 gū zhǎng nán míng

It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.

孤陋寡闻 gū lòu guǎ wén

ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded

孤儿寡母 gū ér guǎ mǔ

Widow and orphan

独孤求败 Dú gū Qiú bài

Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels

孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén

one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)

孤寡老人 gū guǎ lǎo rén

an elderly person of no family

孤傲 gū ào

proud and aloof

孤僻 gū pì

antisocial / reclusive / eccentric

孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng

solitary and impoverished (idiom)

孤芳自赏 gū fāng zì shǎng

lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism / self-love

苦心孤诣 kǔ xīn gū yì

to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble / to work hard at sth

孤雌生殖 gū cí shēng zhí

parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)

鳏寡孤独 guān guǎ gū dú

lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on