Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「鸞孤鳳寡」, as shown below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「鸞孤鳳寡」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
A metaphor for the separation of husband and wife. It also refers to a person who has lost his spouse and is living alone. Same as “the phoenix is alone”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
luán gū fèng guǎ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lyun4 gu1 fung6 gwa2
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