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be extremely lonely; a solitary form, a single shadow ―be extremely lonely

Word usage

xíng dān yǐng zhī

形 单 影 只

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derogbe extremely lonely; a solitary form, a single shadow ―be extremely lonely
- hāi jīn nián zěn me xíng dān yǐng zhī le nǐ nà xiē nǚ péng you nǎ lǐ qù le
  嗨，今年怎么形单影只了？你那些女朋友哪里去了？
  Hey, how come all alone this year? Where are all your girl friends?
- zhè yī tiān yē sū xíng dān yǐng zhī
  这一天，耶稣形单影只。
  The day when Jesus stood alone.
synonym
gū kǔ líng dīng孤苦伶仃 jié rán yī shēn孑然一身 xíng yǐng xiāng diào形影相吊 qióng qióng jié lì茕茕孑立 xíng zhī yǐng dān形只影单 gū shēn zhī yǐng孤身只影
antonym
chéng qún jié duì成群结队 sān wǔ chéng qún三五成群 qián hū hòu yōng前呼后拥 chū shuāng rù duì出双入对

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Note
"只" cannot be pronounced as "zhǐ" in "形单影只".

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