Lingaku- lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)
- fig. alone and dejected
Generated definitions (experimental)
- alone and dejected
This idiom describes a state of feeling lonely and self-pitying, often used to convey a sense of melancholy or introspection.
She sat in the park, feeling alone and dejected, sensing her isolation.
On nights like these, he always felt alone and dejected, reminiscing about the past.
Generated collocations (experimental)
gù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜to feel sorry for oneselfzài在yè夜shēn深rén人jìng静shí时gù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜to feel dejected alone in the quiet of the nightdú zì独自yī一rén人gù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜to feel lonely and self-pitying while being alonegù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜de的xīn qíng心情the mood of self-pitygù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜de的shùn jiān瞬间moments of feeling sorry for oneselfcháng cháng常常gù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜often feeling dejected alonegù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜de的shēng huó生活a life filled with self-pityzài在fēng yǔ风雨Zhōng中gù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜feeling sorry for oneself in the midst of adversitygù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜de的qíng xù情绪emotions of self-pityxué huì学会kè fú克服gù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜to learn to overcome self-pitygù yǐng zì lián顾影自怜de的zhuàng tài状态the state of feeling dejected alone