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愧疚

kuì jiù · kui jiu

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Meaning

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  1. to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful
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  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)心里(xīnli)很(hěn)愧疚(kuìjiù)。

    I feel very guilty.

  2. Liangliang

    怎么了(zěnmele)？

    What happened?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)的(de)球(qiú)打到(dǎdào)王奶奶(wángnǎinai)的(de)花盆(huāpén)了(le)。

    My ball hit Grandma Wang's flower pot.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)去(qù)说(shuō)对不起(duìbuqǐ)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you go and say sorry?

  5. Dengdeng

    去(qù)了(le)。她(tā)不(bù)生气(shēngqì)，还(hái)给(gěi)我(wǒ)一盒(yīhé)饺子(jiǎozi)。

    I did. She wasn't angry, and even gave me a box of dumplings.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)现在(xiànzài)更(gèng)愧疚(kuìjiù)了(le)吧(ba)？

    Then you feel even guiltier now, right?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)感(gǎn)到(dào)非(fēi)常(cháng)愧(kuì)疚(jiù)。

Tom felt very guilty.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by DaoSeng · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)为(wèi)那(nà)件(jiàn)事(shì)一(yì)直(zhí)感(gǎn)到(dào)愧(kuì)疚(jiù)。

She has always felt guilty about that matter.

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