乞哀告怜

Traditional form:

乞哀告憐

Pinyin (reading):

qǐ'āigàolián

Definitions:

• begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)

Characters:

• 乞 - to beg; to request
• 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
• 告 - to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
• 怜 - to pity, to sympathize with

Traditional characters:

• 乞 - to beg; to request
• 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
• 告 - to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
• 憐 - to pity, to sympathize with