孤苦伶仃

gūkǔlíngdīng

orphaned and helpless; alone and uncared for; friendless and wretched

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孤苦伶仃

gū kǔ líng dīng

lonely (alone) and helpless; alone and friendless; alone and uncared for; friendless and penniless; friendless and wretched; be left alone, suffering and struggling the best way one can; be left in the world without kith and kin; lone; orphaned and helpless; poor and destitute; sad and lonely -- isolated and wretched; utterly forlorn and alone