顾影自怜

Traditional form:

顧影自憐

Pinyin (reading):

gùyǐngzìlián

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 顾 - to look back; to look at; to look after
• 影 - shadow; image, reflection; photograph
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 怜 - to pity, to sympathize with

Traditional characters:

• 顧 - to look back; to look at; to look after
• 影 - shadow; image, reflection; photograph
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 憐 - to pity, to sympathize with