líng dīng

伶仃 (líng dīng) is a Chinese word meaning “alone and helpless”.

Meanings

  1. 1alone and helpless

Characters in 伶仃

伶líng · (old) actor; actress仃dīng · used in 伶仃[ling2 ding1]

Related words

伶(old) actor; actress伶俐clever; witty; intelligent聪明伶俐(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted孤苦伶仃solitary and impoverished (idiom)伶牙俐齿clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent优伶(old) performing artist伶人(old) actor; actress伶俜(literary) lonely; all alone; solitary伶盗龙velociraptor (dinosaur)伶鼬weasel口齿伶俐eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence名伶famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)

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