芝焚蕙歎 zhī fén huì tàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

CHARACTERS

芝 zhī sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)
焚 fén burn
蕙 huì species of fragrant orchid
歎 tàn sigh, admire