孤立无援
gū lì wú yuán
Pinyin

Definition

孤立无援
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gū lì wú yuán
  1. isolated and without help

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gū dān
  1. 1 lone
  2. 2 lonely
  3. 3 loneliness
gū dú
  1. 1 lonely
  2. 2 solitary
jiàn lì
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to set up
  3. 3 to found
yuán zhù
  1. 1 to help
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to aid
  4. 4 aid
  5. 5 assistance
dú lì
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 independence
  3. 3 to stand alone
lì kè
  1. 1 forthwith
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 prompt
  4. 4 promptly
  5. 5 straightway
  6. 6 thereupon
  7. 7 at once
lì jí
  1. 1 immediately
lì chǎng
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 standpoint
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
lì mǎ
  1. 1 at once
  2. 2 immediately
  3. 3 promptly
  4. 4 swiftly
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
zhōng lì
  1. 1 neutral
  2. 2 neutrality
zhù lì
  1. 1 to stand for a long time
dào lì
  1. 1 a handstand
  2. 2 to turn upside down
  3. 3 to stand on one's head
  4. 4 upside down
chuàng lì
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to set up
  3. 3 to found
Zhōu Lì bō
  1. 1 Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
  2. 2 Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
wài yuán
  1. 1 external help
  2. 2 foreign aid
  1. 1 lone
  2. 2 lonely
gū ào
  1. 1 proud and aloof
gū pì
  1. 1 antisocial
  2. 2 reclusive
  3. 3 eccentric

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
  2. 2 incompatible standpoints
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
坐立难安
zuò lì nán ān
  1. 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
  1. 1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
  3. 3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
孤独于世
gū dú yú shì
  1. 1 alone in the world (idiom)
孤芳自赏
gū fāng zì shǎng
  1. 1 lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism
  2. 2 self-love
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
  1. 1 solitary and impoverished (idiom)
孤身只影
gū shēn zhī yǐng
  1. 1 lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
  2. 2 to be all alone (idiom)
孤军奋战
gū jūn fèn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
安家立业
ān jiā lì yè
  1. 1 stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
巍然屹立
wēi rán yì lì
  1. 1 to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom)
  2. 2 towering majestically
  3. 3 (of a person) to stand up against sb
巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
  1. 1 to fabricate excuses (idiom)
  2. 2 to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
弹尽援绝
dàn jìn yuán jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
应机立断
yìng jī lì duàn
  1. 1 to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
成家立室
chéng jiā lì shì
  1. 1 to get married (idiom)

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