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鰥寡孤獨 (gwaan1 gwaa2 gu1 duk6) — widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless; incapacitated and helpless people in Cantonese

gwaanˉ¹鰥gwaaˊ²寡guˉ¹孤dukˍ₆獨
简 鰥寡孤独
Mandarin Pinyin: guan1 gua3 gu1 du2

Meaning of 鰥寡孤獨

nounwidowers, widows, orphans, and the childless; incapacitated and helpless people

Characters in 鰥寡孤獨

鰥gwaan1
widower
寡gwaa2
few; scant; little; seldom
孤gu1
orphan; fatherless
獨duk6
uniquely; exclusively; creatively

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