孤芳自赏 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lone flower admiring itself ; narcissism
• self-love

Character by character

• 孤gūorphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 芳fāngfragrant; beautiful, virtuous
• 自zìself; private, personal; from
• 赏shǎngreward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant

Idioms sharing a character

• 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
• 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén
• 孤独于世 gū dú yú shì
• 孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng
• 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
• 孤军奋战 gū jūn fèn zhàn
• 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ
• 苦心孤诣 kǔ xīn gū yì
• 鳏寡孤独 guān guǎ gū dú
• 流芳百世 liú fāng bǎi shì

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