顧影自憐 gù yǐng zì lián

alone and self-pitying

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. alone and dejected

Characters

Character Meaning
顧 gù
to look after; to attend to; to take into consideration
影 yǐng HSK 1
shadow; image; movie
自 zì HSK 3
self; oneself; from
憐 lián
to pity