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忘
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Definitions
- 1. to forget
- 2. to overlook
- 3. to neglect
Example Sentences
1 shown忘 功不 忘 過， 忘 怨不 忘 恩。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 忘
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure
to forget
what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't miss (idiom)
see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fèi qǐn wàng shí]
forgetfulness
amnesia
to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out
to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
unforgettable
don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
friends despite the difference in age
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
to be ungrateful
to forget one's roots
unmoved
see 好了傷疤忘了疼|好了伤疤忘了疼[hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng]
selflessness
memorandum
don't forget your friends when you become rich
lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom)
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb
to forget
for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
amnesia
free of worldly concerns
see 王八[wáng bā]
to forget loyalty when in love
to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love
to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
see 吃水不忘掘井人[chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén]
an eminent person has short memory (idiom)
daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
see 貴人多忘|贵人多忘[guì rén duō wàng]
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
to forget
to be forgetful; to have a short memory
cannot forget
to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
to get carried away
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
to forget
to have a highly retentive memory
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); fig. to take help for granted
to linger
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
forgetful
(of a singer, actor etc) to forget one's lines
to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters
to forget one's meals
forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany)
never to be forgotten
see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fèi qǐn wàng shí]
Don't forget! (literary)
Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
offering memorandum (for public stock issue)
to stray and forget to return
see 忘乎所以[wàng hū suǒ yǐ]
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)