Alone and alone

Alone and alone

[pronunciation] Qi ó ngqi ó ngji é L ì x í ngy ǐ ngxi ā ngdi à o [source] Chen Qingbiao by Li Mi of Jin Dynasty: "standing alone, hanging with each other."

Solitude: the appearance of solitude; solitude: solitude; form: body; hanging: consolation. Alone, only with their own figure mutual sympathy. It describes being helpless and very lonely.

It's very lonely

More formal

Lonely and unaccompanied

Antonym: four generations in the same room, children and grandchildren around the knee

Idiom story

In 280 A.D. (the first year of Taikang), Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, destroyed the eastern Wu Dynasty. The so-called "descending sun Hao and returning three parts to unification" ended decades of separatist rule and unified China. In order to consolidate the unity, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, took effective measures. One of them was to "recruit talents", focusing on the old and old ministers of Western Shu and Eastern Wu. Those who had prestige and ability tried their best to win over. If they failed to win over, they tried to get rid of them, so as to achieve the goal of neither using nor harming. At the same time, it takes "governing the world with filial piety" as its general ethical principle, advocating filial piety to parents, respecting the elderly, and caring for the orphans and widows. in the "Guanglan", Sima Yan paid great attention to an old minister of Western Shu. This person, surnamed Li, named MI, also known as Qian, was born in Wuyang. When he was six months old, he lost his father; when he was four years old, his mother he remarried; he was raised by his grandmother Liu. When he was in Western Shu, he lived in shangshulang, an important official. After entering the Jin Dynasty, two local officials of Shu had recommended Li Mi as an official, but Li mi was unforgettable in his hometown and refused to be an official, so he declined. Sima Yan attached great importance to him, so he wrote an imperial edict asking Li Mi to be a doctor in the court, but Li mi didn't agree. Later, it was changed to be an important crown prince, who belonged to Xima. Li mi still refused on the pretext. Sima became inflamed, and ordered him to accuse Li Mi of arrogance. Local officials pressed hard day and night, claiming that if they were slow, they would be arrested and put into prison, or even executed according to the law. This makes Li mi very difficult: go out to be an official and still cherish his hometown. Moreover, if he goes out like this, he will lose face. If he doesn't go out, he will be beheaded. After deep thinking, he wrote a petition form and presented it to Sima Yan. The main theme of the form was "governing the world with filial piety", saying that when he was young, "he was lonely and lonely He was alone and attached to each other. "Thanks to his grandmother, he was brought up. Without grandma, there would be no today. Now, my grandmother is 96 years old, and she has been sick in bed for many years. Without him, how can my grandmother spend her old age! He was only forty-four years old, and he had a long time to serve his country, but not much time to honor his grandmother. I sincerely ask Sima Yan to understand his difficulties. Sima Yan was moved and could not blame him. In order to win people's hearts, he sent two maids to serve his grandmother.

Examples of Idioms

He's lonely and miserable. Uncle Wang and Granny Wang have no children. After the death of Uncle Wang, Granny Wang is very lonely. She is all alone!