自艾自怜 zìyìzìlián to feel sorry for oneself Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 自 zì affixadverb self (bound form) self; oneself; one's own; refers to an action done by oneself or to oneself艾 yì verb to govern (literary) to regulate; to control; to correct one's own faults自怜 自憐 zìlián to feel sorry for oneself to pity oneself; self-pity