- 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)
Characters
- 孤 (孤): lone; lonely
- 家 (傢): used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- 寡 (寡): few; scant; widowed
- 人 (人): person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 孤家寡人
- MDBG: 孤家寡人
- Examples with 孤家寡人 on Tatoeba
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