舍不得 (shě bu de): to hate to part with, to be reluctant to give up

This sweater was hand-knitted by my mother. Even though it's old, I still can't bear to throw it away.

The child is leaving home for the first time to attend university in another city. At the train station, the mother is reluctant to let him go.

This book is so good that I only read a few pages each night; I can't bear to finish it all at once.

He has worked at this company for ten years. Now that he's about to resign, he feels a bit reluctant to leave.

After Grandpa retired, he gave all the stamps he had collected for years to his grandson, without any reluctance at all.