Lonely and widowed(gū guǎ guān dú)

Lonely and widowed

The Chinese idiom, G ū Gu ǎ Gu ā nd ú in pinyin, generally refers to people who have no ability to work and are helpless. It's from Mencius, King Liang Hui.

The origin of Idioms

In Mencius, King Hui of Liang, written by Zou mengke in the Warring States Period: "old without a wife means widower; old without a husband means widower; old without a son means independence; young without a father means solitude. These four are the poor people in the world who have no complaints. "

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to a person who is helpless. examples Lonely or widowed, or poor in food and clothing, very pity Han Yan. Ban Gu's book of the Han Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : gū guǎ guān dú