愧疚 (kuì jiù) — to feel guilty, to be conscience-stricken
Definition
A literary adjective meaning 'guilty, conscience-stricken' — a deeper, more lasting sense of wrongdoing than the everyday 内疚. Use it to describe a weight someone quietly carries inside.
adjective
to feel guiltyto be conscience-stricken
Examples
- 愧疚。Tā yīn wèi sā huǎng ér gǎn dào kuì jiù.He felt guilty because he lied.
- ，愧疚。Wǒ duì tā shuō le huǎng, xīn lǐ hěn kuì jiù.I lied to him and felt very guilty inside.
- ，愧疚。Tā zuò le cuò shì, dú zì chéng shòu zhe kuì jiù.He did something wrong and bore the guilt alone.
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