形影相吊

xíngyǐngxiāngdiào

extremely lonely; sad and solitary

Wiktionary

Homographs

形影相吊 xíngyǐngxiāngdiào
  1. with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
  2. extremely sad and lonely

Entry Composition

1 形影 xíngyǐng
  1. form and shadow
  2. silhouette
=2 相 Xiāng surname Xiang
=2 相 xiāng
  1. each other
  2. one another
  3. mutually
  4. fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 pípa (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品 pǐn)
=2 相 xiàng
  1. appearance
  2. portrait
  3. picture
  4. government minister
  5. (physics) phase
  6. (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  7. to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
=3 吊 diào
  1. to suspend
  2. to hang up
  3. to hang a person
=3 吊 diào
  1. a string of 100 cash (arch.)
  2. to lament
  3. to condole with
  4. variant of 吊 diào