hái / zi / men / zhǎng / dà / hòu / dōu / yuǎn / zǒu / gāo / fēi / zhǐ / shèng / xià / lǎo / rén / dú / shǒu / kōng / cháo

孩子们长大后都远走高飞，只剩下老人独守空巢。

When the children grew up, they all left for distant places, leaving only the elderly alone at home.