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HSK
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
regret / to regret / to be sorry that
HSK 6
to love dearly / to feel sorry for sb / to regret / to grudge / to be distressed
HSK 5
to be sorry / to feel apologetic / sorry!
HSK 6
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
to show disrespect; I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)
in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.)
HSK 7-9
to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb
HSK 7-9
to bother / to trouble / (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you / thank you for your time
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
too late to be sorry
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
(idiom) to feel sorry for oneself
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怆* | 怆* | *怆
mournful / sad / grieved / sorry
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])
(loanword) sorry
ashamed and sorry / suffering shame and remorse
to be sorry; to feel apologetic
to take pity on / to feel sorry for
to take pity on / to feel sorry for
to be in a sorry state / to be utterly defeated
failure to meet / (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally


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