寡 | guǎ | few / scant / widowed | ||
Results beginning with 寡 | ||||
寡妇 | guǎ fu | widow | ||
寡人 | guǎ rén | I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility) | ||
寡头 | guǎ tóu | oligarch | ||
寡言 | guǎ yán | taciturn / reticent | ||
寡情 | guǎ qíng | heartless / unfeeling | ||
寡居 | guǎ jū | to live as a widow | ||
寡淡 | guǎ dàn | insipid / bland / indifferent | ||
寡陋 | guǎ lòu | having little knowledge / not well-read | ||
寡糖 | guǎ táng | oligosaccharide | ||
寡助 | guǎ zhù | (esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support | ||
寡不敌众 | guǎ bù dí zhòng | the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) | ||
寡二少双 | guǎ èr shǎo shuāng | peerless / second to none (idiom) | ||
寡头政治 | guǎ tóu zhèng zhì | oligarchy | ||
寡妇净化 | guǎ fù jìng huà | widow cleansing / widow-cleansing | ||
寡头垄断 | guǎ tóu lǒng duàn | oligopoly | ||
寡妇权利国际 | Widows Rights International | |||
Approximate Results for 寡 | ||||
多寡 | duō guǎ | number / amount | ||
孤寡 | gū guǎ | orphans and widows / to be lonely / loneliness | ||
守寡 | shǒu guǎ | to live as widow / to observe widowhood | ||
众寡 | zhòng guǎ | the many or the few |
守活寡 | shǒu huó guǎ | to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow | |
沉默寡言 | chén mò guǎ yán | habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative | |
孤家寡人 | gū jiā guǎ rén | one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) | |
曲高和寡 | qǔ gāo hè guǎ | difficult songs find few singers (idiom) / highbrow | |
敌众我寡 | dí zhòng wǒ guǎ | multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers | |
鳏寡孤独 | guān guǎ gū dú | lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on | |
众寡悬殊 | zhòng guǎ xuán shū | the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / unequally matched / overwhelmed by weight of numbers | |
沉静寡言 | chén jìng guǎ yán | see 沉默寡言[chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2] | |
孤陋寡闻 | gū lòu guǎ wén | ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded | |
木讷寡言 | mù nè guǎ yán | honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom) | |
裒多益寡 | póu duō yì guǎ | to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom) | |
清汤寡水 | qīng tāng guǎ shuǐ | meager fare / (fig.) insipid / colorless | |
失道寡助 | shī dào guǎ zhù | an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support | |
优柔寡断 | yōu róu guǎ duàn | indecisive / irresolute | |
郁郁寡欢 | yù yù guǎ huān | depressed / cheerless | |
黑寡妇雷 | black widow mine | ||
淡泊寡味 | dàn bó guǎ wèi | insipid and tasteless (idiom) | |
孤男寡女 | gū nán guǎ nu:3 | a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) | |
红寡妇鸟 | Hóng Guǎ fu niǎo | (ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix) | |
刻薄寡恩 | kè bó guǎ ēn | harsh and merciless (idiom) | |
落落寡合 | luò luò guǎ hé | aloof / standoffish / unsociable | |
落落寡欢 | luò luò guǎ huān | melancholy / unhappy | |
落落寡交 | luò luò guǎ jiāo | aloof and as a result friendless (idiom) | |
清心寡欲 | qīng xīn guǎ yù | (idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic | |
索然寡味 | suǒ rán guǎ wèi | dull and insipid | |
国际寡妇节 | International Widows Day | ||
不患寡而患不均 | bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn | do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects) | |
得道多助,失道寡助 | dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù | A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius) | |
危地马拉寡妇全国协调委员会 | National Coordinating Committee of Guatemalan Widows |