形影相吊

Traditional form:

形影相弔

Pinyin (reading):

xíngyǐngxiāngdiào

Definitions:

• with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
• extremely sad and lonely

Characters:

• 形 - form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
• 影 - shadow; image, reflection; photograph
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 吊 - to condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang

Traditional characters:

• 形 - form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
• 影 - shadow; image, reflection; photograph
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 弔 - to suspend, to hang; to pity, to condole