孤苦伶仃

孤苦伶仃 [gū kǔ líng dīng]

1. ■ lonely [alone] and helpless; alone and friendless; alone and uncared for; friendless and penniless; friendless and wretched; be left alone, suffering and struggling the best way one can; be left in the world without kith and kin; lone; orphaned and helpless; poor and destitute; sad and lonely -- isolated and wretched; utterly forlorn and alone