huǐ

(bound form) to regret; to repent

heart (忄) + sound hint (每) = to regret

The heart radical carries all the weight here — regret is a feeling that lives in the chest. 每 mainly provides the sound huǐ and does not add meaning.

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他后没有好好学习。

tā hòuhuǐ méiyǒu hǎohǎo xuéxí。

He regrets not having studied well.

做错了事,光恨没有用,还是要想办法弥补。

zuò cuò le shì,guāng huǐhèn méiyǒu yòng,háishi yào xiǎng bànfǎ míbǔ。

When you have done something wrong, merely feeling regret is useless — you still need to find a way to make it right.

Words with 悔

反悔

fǎn huǐ

to renege

吃后悔药

chī hòu huǐ yào

(fig.) to regret (doing sth)

自悔

zì huǐ

to regret

失悔

shī huǐ

to regret

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret; to feel remorse

后悔不迭

hòu huǐ bù dié

too late for regrets

后悔莫及

hòu huǐ mò jí

too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.

悔不当初

huǐ bù dāng chū

to regret one's past deeds (idiom)

悔之已晚

huǐ zhī yǐ wǎn

too late to be sorry

悔之无及

huǐ zhī wú jí

too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.

悔婚

huǐ hūn

to break a promise of marriage

悔恨

huǐ hèn

remorse

More characters with 忄