舉目無親
简 举目无亲 · 繁 舉目無親Meanings
- to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on
- without a friend in the world
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- 舉
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- 目
- mù · eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
- 無
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- 親
- qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
- 举
- jǔ · raise, lift up; recommend
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
- 亲
- qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree
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3–4–2–1 · ju3 mu4 wu2 qin1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
geoi2 muk6 mou4 can1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be a lonely stranger in a strange land with no one to depend on
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