Definition
无依无靠 is a four-character idiom meaning 'to have no one to rely on' — describing a person who is completely alone, without family, friends, or support. It's often used for orphans, elderly people without children, or someone in a desperate situation with no one to turn to. The structure 无…无… is a common rhetorical pattern in Chinese idioms (e.g. 无忧无虑, 无缘无故).
f.e.
to have no one to depend onto be utterly alone and without support
Examples
- ，无依无靠，。Tā cóngxiǎo fùmǔ shuāngwáng, wú yī wú kào, zhǐ néng kào zìjǐ.He lost both parents as a child, had no one to depend on, and could only rely on himself.
- 无依无靠，。Nà wèi lǎorén wú yī wú kào, línjūmen jīngcháng bāngzhù tā.That elderly person has no one to depend on; the neighbors often help him.
- ，无依无靠，。Zài yìguó tāxiāng, tā gǎndào wú yī wú kào, fēicháng gūdú.In a foreign country, he felt he had no one to depend on and was very lonely.
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