孤芳自赏 — Chinese idiom
孤芳自赏
gū fāng zì shǎng
Traditional: 孤芳自賞
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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