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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
備忘錄	备忘录	[bei4 wang4 lu4]	/memorandum/aide-memoire/memorandum book/	7170	1
吃水不忘掘井人	吃水不忘掘井人	[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]	/Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)/	4624	1
吃水不忘挖井人	吃水不忘挖井人	[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 wa1 jing3 ren2]	/see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]/	4623	1
淡忘	淡忘	[[dan4wang4]]	/to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory/	900	2
得意忘形	得意忘形	[de2 yi4 wang4 xing2]	/so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure/beside oneself with joy/	5843	1
得魚忘筌	得鱼忘筌	[de2 yu2 wang4 quan2]	/lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子\|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to take help for granted/	2022	1
發憤忘食	发愤忘食	[fa1 fen4 wang4 shi2]	/so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)/	4001	1
發行備忘錄	发行备忘录	[fa1 xing2 bei4 wang4 lu4]	/offering memorandum (for public stock issue)/publication memorandum/	6380	1
廢寢忘餐	废寝忘餐	[[fei4qin3-wang4can1]]	/see 廢寢忘食\|废寝忘食[fei4qin3-wang4shi2]/	586	2
廢寢忘食	废寝忘食	[[fei4qin3-wang4shi2]]	/(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work/	951	2
公而忘私	公而忘私	[gong1 er2 wang4 si1]	/for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically/selfless/	6402	1
苟富貴，勿相忘	苟富贵，勿相忘	[gou3 fu4 gui4 , wu4 xiang1 wang4]	/don't forget your friends when you become rich/	4189	1
貴人多忘	贵人多忘	[gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4]	/an eminent person has short memory (idiom)/	4709	1
貴人多忘事	贵人多忘事	[gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4 shi4]	/see 貴人多忘\|贵人多忘[gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4]/	4709	1
過目不忘	过目不忘	[guo4 mu4 bu4 wang4]	/to have a highly retentive memory/to have sth imprinted in one's memory/	5559	1
好了瘡疤忘了痛	好了疮疤忘了痛	[hao3 le5 chuang1 ba1 wang4 le5 tong4]	/see 好了傷疤忘了疼\|好了伤疤忘了疼[hao3 le5 shang1 ba1 wang4 le5 teng2]/	2772	1
好了傷疤忘了疼	好了伤疤忘了疼	[hao3 le5 shang1 ba1 wang4 le5 teng2]	/to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)/	4239	1
見色忘義	见色忘义	[jian4 se4 wang4 yi4]	/to forget loyalty when in love/hoes before bros/	4587	1
見色忘友	见色忘友	[jian4 se4 wang4 you3]	/to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love/	5243	1
健忘	健忘	[jian4 wang4]	/forgetful/	4720	1
健忘症	健忘症	[jian4 wang4 zheng4]	/amnesia/	7102	1
見利忘義	见利忘义	[[jian4li4-wang4yi4]]	/(idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit/	508	2
諒解備忘錄	谅解备忘录	[[liang4jie3 bei4wang4lu4]]	/memorandum of understanding/	907	2
了	了	[[liao3]]	/to finish/(used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget")/(literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無\|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least/variant of 瞭\|了[liao3]/	54	2
流宕忘反	流宕忘反	[liu2 dang4 wang4 fan3]	/to stray and forget to return/	6495	1
流連忘返	流连忘返	[liu2 lian2 wang4 fan3]	/to linger/to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home/	7018	1
沒齒難忘	没齿难忘	[mo4 chi3 nan2 wang4]	/hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives/undying gratitude/	6402	1
沒齒不忘	没齿不忘	[[mo4chi3-bu4wang4]]	/see 沒齒難忘\|没齿难忘[mo4chi3-nan2wang4]/	143	2
難忘	难忘	[nan2 wang4]	/unforgettable/	7170	1
念念不忘	念念不忘	[nian4 nian4 bu4 wang4]	/to keep in mind constantly (idiom)/	6402	1
念茲在茲	念兹在兹	[nian4 zi1 zai4 zi1]	/see 念念不忘[nian4 nian4 bu4 wang4]/	5243	1
前事不忘，後事之師	前事不忘，后事之师	[qian2 shi4 bu4 wang4 , hou4 shi4 zhi1 shi1]	/don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience/	6402	1
善忘	善忘	[[shan4wang4]]	/to be forgetful; to have a short memory/	878	2
捨生忘死	舍生忘死	[she3 sheng1 wang4 si3]	/bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb/undaunted by perils/	6402	1
數典忘祖	数典忘祖	[shu3 dian3 wang4 zu3]	/to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots/	6402	1
提筆忘字	提笔忘字	[ti2 bi3 wang4 zi4]	/to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters/	5830	1
忘	忘	[wang4]	/to forget/to overlook/to neglect/	7170	1
忘八	忘八	[wang4 ba1]	/see 王八[wang2 ba1]/	4360	1
忘八旦	忘八旦	[wang4 ba1 dan4]	/turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)/	6142	1
忘八蛋	忘八蛋	[wang4 ba1 dan4]	/turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)/	6142	1
忘本	忘本	[wang4 ben3]	/to forget one's roots/	5123	1
忘餐	忘餐	[wang4 can1]	/to forget one's meals/	6642	1
忘掉	忘掉	[wang4 diao4]	/to forget/	6617	1
忘恩	忘恩	[wang4 en1]	/to be ungrateful/	4716	1
忘恩負義	忘恩负义	[wang4 en1 fu4 yi4]	/to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend/to kick a benefactor in the teeth/	6402	1
忘懷	忘怀	[wang4 huai2]	/to forget/	5862	1
忘機	忘机	[wang4 ji1]	/free of worldly concerns/above the fray/at peace with the world/	4079	1
忘記	忘记	[wang4 ji4]	/to forget/	6642	1
忘情	忘情	[wang4 qing2]	/unmoved/indifferent/unruffled by sentiment/	6943	1
忘我	忘我	[wang4 wo3]	/selflessness/altruism/	6603	1
忘性	忘性	[wang4 xing4]	/forgetfulness/	4717	1
忘憂草	忘忧草	[wang4 you1 cao3]	/daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)/	6530	1
忘不了	忘不了	[[wang4bu5liao3]]	/cannot forget/	601	2
忘餐廢寢	忘餐废寝	[[wang4can1-fei4qin3]]	/see 廢寢忘食\|废寝忘食[fei4qin3-wang4shi2]/	586	2
忘詞	忘词	[[wang4ci2]]	/(of a singer, actor etc) to forget one's lines/	519	2
忘乎所以	忘乎所以	[[wang4hu1suo3yi3]]	/(idiom) to get carried away; to lose one's sense of proportion/	123	2
忘年之交	忘年之交	[[wang4nian2 zhi1 jiao1]]	/(idiom) friends with a significant age gap/	263	2
忘年交	忘年交	[[wang4nian2jiao1]]	/friends with a significant age gap/	263	2
忘年戀	忘年恋	[[wang4nian2lian4]]	/romantic relationship with a significant age gap/	263	2
忘其所以	忘其所以	[[wang4qi2suo3yi3]]	/see 忘乎所以[wang4hu1suo3yi3]/	123	2
忘卻	忘却	[[wang4que4]]	/(literary) to put out of one's mind; to forget/	67	2
毋忘	毋忘	[wu2 wang4]	/Don't forget! (literary)/	6259	1
勿忘國恥	勿忘国耻	[wu4 wang4 guo2 chi3]	/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/	6816	1
勿忘我	勿忘我	[wu4 wang4 wo3]	/forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany)/	6169	1
遺忘症	遗忘症	[yi2 wang4 zheng4]	/amnesia/	5028	1
遺忘	遗忘	[[yi2wang4]]	/to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore/	902	2
永志不忘	永志不忘	[yong3 zhi4 bu4 wang4]	/never to be forgotten/	7013	1

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