a lone phoenix and a widowed goose
The Chinese idiom, G ū Lu á NGU ǎ h ú, refers to men and women who have lost their spouses. From the ode to Dongxiao.
Idiom explanation
Guluan: a matchless youluan, a man with a dead spouse; guhu: a widow.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Bao's Ode to Dongxiao in the Han Dynasty said, "it's better to entertain a lonely female than a few cranes."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute, it refers to men and women who have lost their spouses.
Chinese PinYin : gū luán guǎ hú
a lone phoenix and a widowed goose
Look at the sky from the well. rù jǐng wàng tiān
be terrified whether granted favours or subjected to humiliation. chǒng rǔ ruò jīng
not swayed by personal considerations. bù xún sī qíng
Help the dangerous and save the drowning. fú wēi zhěng nì
There is no more sorrow than death. āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ