楚楚可憐chǔ chǔ kě lián?elegant;
? miserable;pitiable; pitiful
? 松樹(shù)子非不～，但永無(wú)棟梁用耳。(劉義慶《世說(shuō)新語(yǔ)·言語(yǔ)》) It’s not that your pine tree isn’t elegant,but just that it’s eternally useless for pillars and beams,that’s all. 楚楚可憐chǔ chǔ kě lián楚楚：指小樹(shù)纖細(xì)柔弱的樣子；可憐：可愛(ài)。形容小樹(shù)柔弱，招人喜愛(ài)；也形容女子姿態(tài)嫵媚嬌柔。delicate and attractive, delicate and touching |