孤孑特立gū jié tè lì

solitary and aloof
❍ 我何尝不想了解广州、批评广州呢，无奈慨自被供在大钟楼上以来，工友以我为教授，学生以我为先生，广州人以我为“外江佬”，～，无从考查。(鲁迅《三闲集·在钟楼上》22) I wanted to understand and criticize Guangzhou,but there I was,unhappily enshrined in the big belfry,treated as a professor by the college servants,treated as their tutor by the students,and treated as an outsider by the Cantonese. High and dry,I had no way of finding things out.