汉英词典
MEANING OF 顾影自怜
顾影自怜
(顧影自憐)
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
顾 Look / 怜 Pity / Looking back at his shadow, he felt sorry for himself / To describe the look of loneliness and frustration, also refers to self-appreciation
望着自己的影子，自己怜惜自己。形容孤独失意的样子。也指自我欣赏。
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他们没有浪费精力去怨天尤人或者顾影自怜。 They did not waste energy on anger or self-pity. | ||
生活太忙了，我可没时间闲坐着顾影自怜。 I have a very busy life with no time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. | ||
当她面对镜子顾影自怜时，告诉她“你真漂亮！” When she's studying herself in the mirror, tell her, "You are so beautiful." | ||
两者确实有相似之处：二者生前均未得到认可、均顾影自怜、抱憾而终、均为掌握强烈美感色彩艺术的大师。 There were similarities: neither was appreciated in his lifetime, both died feeling sorry for themselves and each was a master of richly sensuous colour. | ||
他曾经把盘子堆成金字塔状，然后在有人经过时推倒它。他还对衣帽店的镜子做手脚，使之在女顾客顾影自怜时突然破碎。 He set up pyramids of plates to crash when people passed them, and rigged a mirror in a hat shop so that, when each matron posed simperingly before it, the glass cracked from side to side. | ||
