伶仃 língdīng

língdīng adjective alone and helpless
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Also written 零丁 (CC-CEDICT '伶仃')

Contained in

• 瘦伶仃 emaciated; scrawny
• 孤苦伶仃 solitary and impoverished
• 瘦骨伶仃 emaciated; scrawny

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第一百十七回 Chapter 117 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
• 卷二百四十四 列傳第一百三十二 楊漣 左光斗 魏大中 周朝瑞 袁化中 顧大章 王之寀 Volume 244 Biographies 132: Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, Wang Zhicai History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 87 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第七十回 Chapter 70 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第十一回 Chapter 11 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1

Collocations

• 苦伶仃 (苦伶仃) 藏頭縮頸苦伶仃 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第十一回 Chapter 11 — count: 2