孤苦伶仃

Traditional form:

孤苦伶仃

Pinyin (reading):

gūkǔlíngdīng

Definitions:

• solitary and impoverished (idiom)

Characters:

• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 伶 - clever; lonely, solitary
• 仃 - lonely, solitary

Traditional characters:

• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 伶 - clever; lonely, solitary
• 仃 - lonely, solitary