顾影自怜顧影自憐

gù yǐng zì lián

Meaning

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

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顾gùto look back; to look at; to look after厄页影yǐngshadow; image, reflection; photograph景彡自zìself; private, personal; from目怜liánto pity, to sympathize with忄令