恨 (hèn) — to hate; to regret
Definition
恨 (hèn) covers two unrelated senses: 'to hate' (people, unfairness — stronger and more personal than 厌恶 'loathe') and, as in 悔恨, 'to regret deeply' — stronger and more literary than 后悔.
verb
to hateto regret
Easily confused
- 跟gēnlook-alike(preposition) with; together with; (indicating comparison) compared to
- 根gēnlook-alike(noun) root; basis; origin
- 愣lènglook-alike(verb) to stare blankly, to be stupefied
- 良liánglook-alike(adv, literary) very; used in set phrases before certain adjectives (多, 久, 苦, etc.)
- 很hěnlook-alikevery; quite
- 银yínlook-alikesilver (the precious metal)
Examples
- 恨。Wǒ hèn nà xiē shuō jiǎ huà de rén.I hate those people who tell lies.
- 。Tā huǐ hèn dāng chū méi yǒu nǔ lì xué xí.He regretted not having studied hard back then.
- 恨。Wǒ hèn zhè zhǒng bù gōng píng de shì qing.I hate this kind of unfair thing.
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