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
Lonely and widowed
feel as if a knife were piercing one 's heart - xīn rú dāo cuò
flowers blooming like a piece of brocade - fán huā sì jǐn
work out measures to suit local conditions - bīng wú cháng shì
tremble with fear on hearing of - wén fēng sàng dǎn