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HSK
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
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
regret / to regret / to be sorry that
HSK 6
to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb
HSK 7-9
in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.)
HSK 7-9
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
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)
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  *愴* | 愴* | *愴
mournful / sad / grieved / sorry
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
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
to be sorry; to feel apologetic
to be in a sorry state / to be utterly defeated
to take pity on / to feel sorry for
ashamed and sorry / suffering shame and remorse
to show disrespect; I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
failure to meet / (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally
(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)
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])
sorry (loanword)
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
too late to be sorry
(idiom) to feel sorry for oneself
better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case
to take pity on / to feel sorry for
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


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