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a lone phoenix and a widowed goose

Time: 2022-01-30 20:20:59 Author: ChinaWiki.net

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.

a lone phoenix and a widowed goose


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