孤儿

gū ér guǎ mǔ

孤儿寡母

widow and her son

zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng ràng chéng qiān shàng wàn de hái zi chéng wéi gū ér

这场战争让成千上万的孩子成为孤儿。

The war has left thousands of children as orphans.

dāng tā de fù mǔ zài shì gù zhōng qù shì zhī hòu tā biàn chéng le gū ér

当他的父母在事故中去世之后，他便成了孤儿。

When his parents were killed in an accident, he became an orphan.

gū ér yuàn

孤儿院

orphanage

wǒ men yīng tóng qíng nà xiē gū ér

我们应同情那些孤儿。

We should have compassion on those orphans.

tā men shōu yǎng le yī gè gū ér

他们收养了一个孤儿。

They adopted an orphan.