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唉，真可惜!

What a pity! → 唉

这部书很好，可惜残了。

It is a very good book, but unfortunately it's incomplete. → 残

这样珍贵的资料竟被废置在一边，真是太可惜了。

It's a great pity such precious documents should be cast aside as useless. → 废置

可惜我去晚了一步，最精彩的节目已经演过了。

What a pity I was just too late for the best item on the programme. → 可惜

可惜的是把这么多时间全浪费了。

It's a pity we've wasted so much of our time. → 是

可惜他所学非所用。

Pity he's employed in a job not in his line. → 所学非所用

我对她不幸的遭遇非常同情，可惜无能为力。

I sympathize with her in her misfortune, but I'm afraid I can do nothing to help. → 无能为力

他的英年早逝委实可惜。 → 委实

这双鞋的样子很好看，可惜没有适合我的尺码。 → 样子

东西丢了，好可惜啊！ → 东西

每次搬家时，总发现很多东西像鸡肋，扔了可惜，不扔又是累赘。 → 鸡肋

可惜那么好的一个人竟然得重疾死了！ → 可惜

他这篇文章写得文采飞扬，只可惜，没有扣题。 → 扣题

我也曾厕足于多个领域, 可惜学业不精。

I have set foot in many fields, but have no particular expertise. → 厕足

这本词话现在已经失传了, 真是可惜。

It is a pity that this novel has been lost to the world. → 词话

这些耕地丢荒了, 真让人可惜。

It is a pity to let this cultivated land lie idle. → 丢荒

我想吃清炒豆苗, 可惜自己不会做。

I want to eat stir-fried bean seedlings, but I can't make the dish myself. → 豆苗

这鼎真精美, 只可惜耳子有些破损了。

The tripod cauldron is exquisite, it's a pity the ears have been damaged. → 耳子

手头的这几件事都要处理, 可惜分身乏术。

I am incapable of dealing with so many matters simultaneously. → 乏术

文革中下乡的艺术家到现在还有很多都没有归口, 真是可惜。

It is pity that many of the old artists that went to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution haven't been able to return to their original professions yet. → 归口