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HSK
lonely / solitary
HSK 6
orphan
HSK 6
lone / lonely / loneliness
HSK 7-9
to isolate / isolated / unrelated; irrelevant
HSK 7-9
ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded
HSK 7-9
lone / isolated and without help / all alone / solitary
HSK 7-9
parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)
(bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
orphan / fatherless son
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孤* | 孤* | *孤
lone / lonely
ignorant / ill-informed
orphanage / child asylum
variant of 辜負|辜负
alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly
lonesome / desolate
to stake all on one throw
isolated island
isolated and without help
solitary hero / maverick
isolated; solitary
lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism / self-love
lone bird / marginalized (country, person etc)
lonely soul
alone / lonely
It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
solitary hero / maverick
one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
solitary old man or woman / regular patron (at brothels)
sole evidence
arrogant
proud and aloof
antisocial / reclusive / eccentric
cheekbone / ankle
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
Solitary Hill, located in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
isolated peak
inauspicious year for marriage
lonesome; solitary
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom) / person who has no family or friends to rely on
orphans and widows / to be lonely / loneliness
solitary and impoverished (idiom)
widow
(literary) orphan
Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War
unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism)
orphan drug
autism
soliton (physics)
to be all alone in the world
to act on one's own / to fight alone
alone in the world (idiom)
a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
instanton (math.)
variant of 孤苦伶仃


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