惜
惜 in English
- to cherish / to begrudge / to pity / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
How it used to be written
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 3 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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可惜。
What a pity.
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可惜他是一个完全没有幽默感的人。
It is a pity that he has no sense of humor.
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可惜你不會跳舞!
What a pity you can't dance!
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可惜你很快又会回中国，没人陪我了呢。
Unfortunately, you will return to China soon, so I will have nobody to accompany me.
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可惜啊。
Too bad.
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可惜大学食堂没有无花果饼干。
It's too bad the college dining hall doesn't have fig cookies.
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可惜我们不能像买土豆一样买奇迹。
It's a pity that you can't buy miracles like you would buy potatoes.
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可惜这是真的。
It is unfortunately true.