Alone

Alone

Solitary guest, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ū Xu á NK è J ì, meaning solitary and floating, describes isolation without support. It comes from Zeng Guofan's preface to the study of Hubei in the same year of sending Jiang Xiaofan.

The origin of Idioms

According to Zeng Guofan's preface of sending Jiang Xiaofan to Hubei Province in the same year, "those who studied politics were sent alone among the provinces, while those who kept the soil were respectful and rejected by God."

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym: lonely and floating

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; used of human circumstances