广记不如淡墨

guǎng jì bù rú dàn mò

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Same as 好记性不如烂笔头 hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu

1. the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

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Child Words of 广记不如淡墨

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不如 不如 bù rú: not equal to
• 墨 墨 mò: ink stick
• 如 如 rú: as
• 广 广 yǎn: \house on a cliff\ radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
• 广 广 guǎng: wide
• 记 记 jì: to record
• 淡 淡 dàn: insipid