- lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)
- fig. alone and dejected
Characters
- 顾 (顧): surname Gu
- 影 (影): picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
- 自 (自): (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 怜 (憐): to pity
Resources
- Wiktionary: 顾影自怜
- MDBG: 顾影自怜
- Examples with 顾影自怜 on Tatoeba
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