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六親無靠

简六亲无靠 · 繁六親無靠

Mandarin · pinyin liù qīn wú kào

orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on
left to one's own devices

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六: liù · number six
親: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
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靠: kào · lean on, trust, depend on; near
亲: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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4–1–2–4 · liu4 qin1 wu2 kao4

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luk6 can1 mou4 kaau3

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