遗恨 (yí hèn) — eternal regret; lifelong remorse

Definition

Examples

• 对于那次失败，他始终怀有深深的遗恨。
  Duì yú nà cì shī bài, tā shǐ zhōng huái yǒu shēn shēn de yí hèn.
  For that failure, he always harbored a deep eternal regret.
• 这个决定成了他一生中最大的遗恨。
  Zhè ge jué dìng chéng le tā yì shēng zhōng zuì dà de yí hèn.
  This decision became the greatest eternal regret of his life.
• 诗人在作品中表达了对故土的遗恨。
  Shī rén zài zuò pǐn zhōng biǎo dá le duì gù tǔ de yí hèn.
  The poet expressed an eternal regret for his homeland in his works.