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.
nobody to turn to
hide one 's capacities and hide one 's time - tāo shén huì jì
end neither in victory nor defeat - bù fēn shèng fù
the name falls short of the reality - míng bù fú shí
use impractical means to solve a problem - jié zhǐ shì lǚ
Heavy mountains and heavy waters - chóng shān fù shuǐ
to breed calamity for the future - zòng hǔ guī shān
plough deeply and weed thoroughly - shēn gēng yì nòu