遗憾

Meaning(adjective, nominal adjective)

regret; to regret; to be sorry that

Examples

• 很遗憾，你没有通过面试。

  hěn yí hàn, nǐ méi yǒu tōng guò miàn shì.

  Unfortunately, you didn't pass the interview.

• 没能参加你的婚礼，我很遗憾。

  méi néng cān jiā nǐ de hūn lǐ, wǒ hěn yí hàn.

  I'm sorry I couldn't attend your wedding.

• 这是我人生中最大的遗憾。

  zhè shì wǒ rén shēng zhōng zuì dà de yí hàn.

  This is the biggest regret of my life.

Easily confused

• 可惜 — 可惜 is colloquial 'what a pity'; 遗憾 is more formal and can be a noun (a regret).

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