orphans and widows

orphans and widows

Orphans and widows, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ū é RGU ǎ f ù, which means a woman who has died her father's child or her husband. Generally refers to the loss of relatives, helpless. From Gao Tang Fu.

Explanation: a child whose father died and a woman whose husband died. Generally refers to the loss of relatives, helpless. [source]: Song Yu's Gao Tang Fu in the Warring States Period: "orphans and widows are bitter." [grammar]: combined; as the object; refers to the helpless wife and children who have lost their male master