lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom); fig. alone and dejected
trad. 顧影自憐
Also written 顧影自憐【gù yǐng zì lián】
Characters in this word
4顾
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surname Gu
- Pinyin
- Gù
- Traditional
- 顧
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 22654 of 2500
影
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picture, image, film, movie, photograph, reflection, shadow, trace
- Pinyin
- yǐng
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 13143 of 2500
自
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(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1586 of 2500
怜
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to pity
- Pinyin
- lián
- Traditional
- 憐
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 43954 of 2500