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| Processed by: | richwarm (2013-11-14 22:13:11 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 47953 - submitted by 'goldyn_chyld' >> GF: 令人感到遗憾的事情。 此次出游非常尽兴，没有留下任何憾事。 XDHYCD: 认为不完美而感到遗憾的事情：终身～。 M: 令人遺憾的事。 徐悲鸿难忘的一件憾事 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: I may have been wrong, but I had the impression that 恨事 is (generally) about sth that one regrets doing or not doing (i.e. one's own behavior) and 憾事 seems to be often used in referring to other people's circumstances or actions as well. I think it a great pity that he should have died so young . 我认为他那么年轻就死是一件憾事 What a pity you couldn't come yesterday! 昨天你不能来，真是件憾事。 It's a pity to see so many ships lying idle. 这么多船只搁着不用，真是一件憾事。 If I'm mistaken about 恨事, let me know, or resubmit. I'll have another look at it myself anyway. Hmmm .. Here's at least one example where "sth one regrets" and "matter for regret" seem inadequate for 恨事: 今年八十四歲的吳家阿嬤，儘管記憶不太好，卻有兩件縈繞腦海、念念不忘的陳年恨事：第一件是日據末期被「四腳仔」（日本人）雙手反扣地拖去築路，挖地、挑土，一築一年多。第二件恨事，則是光復初期政府的沈重稅賦。 84-year-old grandma Wu is not as sharp as she used to be, but she can still rattle off a tale or two. Two indignities suffered back in the 1940s, in particular, remain indelibly etched in her memory. The first occurred in the latter part of World War II when the Japanese tied her hands behind her back and marched her off to do forced labor for over a year, building roads, digging ditches, and carrying a shoulder pole. The second indignity was the onerous taxes that were levied in the early years after Taiwan returned to Chinese rule. |
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# 憾事 憾事 [han4 shi4] /regret/ + 憾事 憾事 [han4 shi4] /a matter for regret/sth that is a (great) pity/ |