gū guǎ
orphans and widows
to be lonely
loneliness
chén mò guǎ yán
habitually silent (idiom)
reticent
uncommunicative
guǎ rén
I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
gū lòu guǎ wén
ignorant and inexperienced
ill-informed and narrow-minded
shǒu guǎ
to live as widow
to observe widowhood
guǎ bù dí zhòng
the few are no match for the many
heavily outnumbered
facing impossible odds (idiom)
guǎ zhù
finding little support
neglected
shǒu huó guǎ
to stay at home while one's husband is away
grass widow
shī dào guǎ zhù
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
beaten by weight of numbers
zhòng guǎ xuán shū
the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
unequally matched
overwhelmed by weight of numbers
luò luò guǎ hé
aloof
standoffish
unsociable
mù nè guǎ yán
honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
guǎ lòu
having little knowledge
not well-read
póu duō yì guǎ
to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)
Hóng Guǎ fu niǎo
Red Bishop
Euplectes orix
dàn bó guǎ wèi
insipid and tasteless (idiom)
luò luò guǎ jiāo
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
highbrow
chén jìng guǎ yán
see 沉默寡言[chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2]
qīng tāng guǎ shuǐ
meager fare
(fig.) insipid
colorless
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
heavily outnumbered
beaten by the weight of numbers
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
guǎ dàn
insipid
bland
indifferent
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
peerless
second to none (idiom)
gū nán guǎ nǚ
a single man and a single woman
bachelors
a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
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)
kè bó guǎ ēn
harsh and merciless (idiom)
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
guān guǎ gū dú
lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless
fig. people with no one left to rely on
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