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Chinese
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to lose; to miss; to fail
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alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only |
| trad. (失獨)
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失
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獨
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| simp. (失独)
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失
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独
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Pronunciation
Verb
失獨
- (neologism, of parents) to lose one's only child (and be yet unable to have another one due to old age or government policy)
2013, 赵学慧, editor, 《老年社会工作理论与实务》, Beijing: 北京大学出版社 [Peking University Press], →ISBN, page 192:
孤寡老人主要有这样几种情形：终身未婚、丧偶无子女或失独。 [MSC, simp.]
孤寡老人主要有這樣幾種情形：終身未婚、喪偶無子女或失獨。 [MSC, trad.]- Gūguǎ lǎorén zhǔyào yǒu zhèyàng jī zhǒng qíngxíng: zhōngshēn wèihūn, sàng'ǒu wú zǐnǚ huò shīdú.
- Elderly people with no family mainly fall into these few situations: remaining unmarried for their life, having lost their spouse without having children, or having lost their only child.