FromMencius(《孟子·梁惠王下》):

老而無妻曰鰥，老而無夫曰寡，老而無子曰獨，幼而無父曰孤。[Classical Chinese,trad.]

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老而无妻曰鳏，老而无夫曰寡，老而无子曰独，幼而无父曰孤。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

From:Mencius,c. 4^th centuryBCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

Lǎo ér wú qī yuēguān, lǎo ér wú fū yuēguǎ, lǎo ér wú zǐ yuēdú, yòu ér wú fù yuēgū.[Pinyin]

There were the old and wifeless, orwidowers; the old and husbandless, orwidows; the old and childless, orsolitaries; the young and fatherless, ororphans

鰥寡孤獨

1. people who haveno one torely on

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