鳏寡孤独

Traditional form:

鰥寡孤獨

Pinyin (reading):

guānguǎgūdú

Definitions:

• lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless (idiom)
• fig. people with no one left to rely on

Characters:

• 鳏 - huge fish; widower; bachelor
• 寡 - widowed; friendless, alone
• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 独 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary

Traditional characters:

• 鰥 - huge fish; widower; bachelor
• 寡 - widowed; friendless, alone
• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 獨 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary