可惜汤姆不能来。

It's too bad that Tom couldn't come.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 可惜 kěxī
  1. it is a pity
  2. what a pity
  3. unfortunately
2 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
3 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
4 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)