nobody to turn to(liù qīn wú kào)

nobody to turn to

The Chinese idiom, Li ù Q ī NW ú K à o in pinyin, means that a person is lonely and has no relatives to rely on. It's from flowers in the mirror.

Idiom explanation

Six relatives: father, mother, brother, brother, wife and son.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 21 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in the Qing Dynasty: my family is now without relatives, and my hometown is without relatives. There is no one to trust except my uncle.

Idiom usage

It refers to the beautiful sound of music. example when I first came to Shanghai, I didn't know my hometown very well, and I had no family to rely on.

Chinese PinYin : liù qīn wú kào