过意不去 guòyìbúqù to feel very apologetic
How to remember 过意不去: 过 to cross + 意 idea + 不 not + 去 go = to feel very apologetic.
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How it is used
- To feel bad / apologetic about troubling someone - 让您破费,真过意不去 (ràng nín pòfèi, zhēn guòyìbúqù) I feel terrible making you spend so much.
- Expresses social guilt when someone has gone out of their way for you; polite and warm.
- Set phrase - you feel 过意不去 toward others' kindness/trouble. It's mild embarrassment/indebtedness, not the heavy remorse of 内疚 (nèijiù).