❶elegant; ❷ miserable;pitiable; pitiful ❍ 松树子非不～，但永无栋梁用耳。(刘义庆《世说新语·言语》) It’s not that your pine tree isn’t elegant,but just that it’s eternally useless for pillars and beams,that’s all.
楚楚可怜chǔ chǔ kě lián
楚楚：指小树纤细柔弱的样子；可怜：可爱。形容小树柔弱，招人喜爱；也形容女子姿态妩媚娇柔。delicate and attractive, delicate and touching