孤军奋战

Traditional form:

孤軍奮戰

Pinyin (reading):

gūjūnfènzhàn

Definitions:

• lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
• fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support

Characters:

• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops
• 奋 - to strive, to exert effort; to arouse
• 战 - war, fighting, battle

Traditional characters:

• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops
• 奮 - to strive, to exert effort; to arouse
• 戰 - war, fighting, battle