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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

孤单 [gūdān]
  1. 1. adjective [单薄] weak
    工党在该选区势力孤单
    Support for the Labour Party is pretty weak in this constituency.
  2. 2. adjective [寂寞] lonely
    他时常感到孤单
    He often feels lonely.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

孤单 [gūdān]
  1. 1. alone; lonely
    孤单单一个人
    all alone; all by oneself; a lone soul
    感到孤单
    feel lonely
  2. 2. weak
    力量孤单
    weak and helpless

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

孤单 [gūdān]
  1. 1. 单独一个,没有依靠
    无亲无故,非常孤单
    一个人孤孤单单地度过晚年
  2. 2. (势力)单薄
    力量孤单,难以招架

Examples

力量孤单
weak and helpless
这位老人很孤单,没有人来看望。
The old man is lonely, and never has any visitors.
刚刚别离老友,我顿觉孤单
Moments after I said goodbye to my old friend, a sudden loneliness hit me.
这位老人的儿女都在国外,老人孑立一人,生活很孤单
Since his children are all abroad, the old men leads a lonely life.
无法排遣的萧疏让他感觉无比孤单
He couldn't dispel his loneliness and felt very lonesome.
他时常感到孤单
He often feels lonely.
孤单

Collocations

孤单一人
alone
孤单的影子
a lonely shadow
生活孤单
to lead a lonely life
一生孤单
to be lonely all one's life
感到孤单
to feel lonely
非常孤单
extremely lonely
孤单落寞
lonely and desolate
孤单无助
lonely and helpless
势力孤单
a weak influence
力量孤单
a weak influence

Word Decomposition


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