with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom); extremely sad and lonely
trad. 形影相弔
Also written 形影相弔【xíng yǐng xiāng diào】
Characters in this word
4形
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to appear, to look, form, shape
- Pinyin
- xíng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15635 of 2500
影
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picture, image, film, movie, photograph, reflection, shadow, trace
- Pinyin
- yǐng
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 13143 of 2500
相
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surname Xiang
- Pinyin
- Xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5022 of 2500
吊
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to suspend, to hang up, to hang a person
- Pinyin
- diào
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 8802 of 2500