崇祯殡天,盼谁谁不来,叫谁谁不到 崇禎殯天,盼誰誰不來,叫誰誰不到 崇禎殯天,盼誰誰不來,叫誰誰不到

when Emperor Chongzhen died: those he longed for didn't come, those he called didn't arrive

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Describes someone utterly isolated and helpless in a desperate situation, with no one to turn to.
Simplified
崇祯殡天,盼谁谁不来,叫谁谁不到
Traditional (Taiwan)
崇禎殯天,盼誰誰不來,叫誰誰不到
Pinyin
chóngzhēn bìn tiān,pàn shuí shuí bù lái,jiào shuí shuí búdào
Bopomofo
ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ,ㄆㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ,ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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