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"Don't forget! (literary)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
毋忘 wú wàng Don't forget! (literary)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved / ignore it! / don't have anything to do with (him, her etc) / don't speak to
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
失态 失態 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation) syn
饮水思源 飲水思源 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! syn
前事不忘，后事之师 前事不忘，後事之師 qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom) / benefit from past experience
饮流怀源 飲流懷源 yǐn liú huái yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
苟富贵，勿相忘 苟富貴，勿相忘 gǒu fù guì , wù xiāng wàng don't forget your friends when you become rich
秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn
辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn
舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn
倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause
攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn
阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up
休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that) / don't imagine (that) syn
不以辞害志 不以辭害志 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
瓜田不纳履 瓜田不納履 guā tián bù nà lǚ lit. don't tie your shoe-laces in a melon-patch / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
少安毋躁 shǎo ān wú zào keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient syn
一不做，二不休 yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
不以词害志 不以詞害誌 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不见不散 不見不散 bù jiàn bù sàn lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
别太客气 別太客氣 bié tài kè qi lit. no excessive politeness / Don't mention it! / You're welcome! / Please don't stand on ceremony.
己所不欲，勿施于人 己所不欲，勿施於人 jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
若要人不知，除非己莫为 若要人不知，除非己莫為 ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
不是一家人不进一家门 不是一家人不進一家門 bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom) / marriages are predestined / people marry because they share common traits
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
勿cue wù c u e (Internet slang) don't call on me / don't drag me in
勿cue wù - cue (Internet slang) don't call on me / don't drag me in
有怪莫怪 yǒu guài mò guài please don't take offense / don't take it personally
斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn
俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn
聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn
虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn
怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled
蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect
婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved
佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden
塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest
奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious
庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn
别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn
毋 wú (literary) no / don't / to not have / nobody syn
则已 則已 zé yǐ (literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已|则已[ze2 yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."
忘记 忘記 wàng jì to forget syn
算了 suàn le let it be / let it pass / forget about it
遗忘 遺忘 yí wàng to forget / to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore syn
忘却 忘卻 wàng què to forget syn
忘掉 wàng diào to forget syn
忘不了 wàng bù liǎo cannot forget
忘怀 忘懷 wàng huái to forget syn
罢休 罷休 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop syn
淡忘 dàn wàng to gradually forget as time passes / to have (sth) fade from one's memory syn
流连忘返 流連忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home syn
遗落 遺落 yí luò to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out syn
忘恩负义 忘恩負義 wàng ēn fù yì to forget favors and violate justice (idiom) / ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth syn
勿忘我 wù wàng wǒ forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany)
忘乎所以 wàng hū suǒ yǐ to get carried away / to forget oneself syn
丢开 丟開 diū kāi to cast or put aside / to forget for a while syn
废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) / to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work syn
见利忘义 見利忘義 jiàn lì wàng yì lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / fig. to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul syn
勿忘国耻 勿忘國恥 wù wàng guó chǐ 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
忘本 wàng běn to forget one's roots syn
既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom) / to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk. syn
落 là to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind syn
忘 wàng to forget / to overlook / to neglect syn
谖 諼 xuān to deceive / to forget
数典忘祖 數典忘祖 shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom) / to forget one's roots syn
乐不思蜀 樂不思蜀 lè bù sī shǔ indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom) syn
略迹原情 略跡原情 lüè jì yuán qíng to overlook past faults (idiom) / to forgive and forget syn
迷魂汤 迷魂湯 mí hún tāng potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4po2tang1]) / magic potion / (fig.) bewitching words or actions syn
发愤忘食 發憤忘食 fā fèn wàng shí so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom) syn
不念旧恶 不念舊惡 bù niàn jiù è do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects) / forgive and forget syn
得鱼忘筌 得魚忘筌 dé yú wàng quán lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. to take help for granted syn
忘餐 wàng cān to forget one's meals
没齿难忘 沒齒難忘 mò chǐ nán wàng hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom) / to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
流宕忘反 liú dàng wàng fǎn to stray and forget to return
烧包 燒包 shāo bāo to forget oneself in extravagance / to burn money
尽释前嫌 盡釋前嫌 jìn shì qián xián to forget former enmity (idiom)
发射后自寻的 發射後自尋的 fire-and-forget
吃水不忘掘井人 chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
见色忘义 見色忘義 jiàn sè wàng yì to forget loyalty when in love / hoes before bros
好了伤疤忘了疼 好了傷疤忘了疼 hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
歇了吧 xiē le ba (dialect) give me a break! / forget about it!
冰释前嫌 冰釋前嫌 bīng shì qián xián to forget previous differences / to bury the hatchet
释嫌 釋嫌 shì xián to forget bad feelings / to mend a relationship
孟婆 mèng pó (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind
孟婆汤 孟婆湯 mèng pó tāng potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
忘词 忘詞 wàng cí (of a singer, actor etc) to forget one's lines
冰释前嫌 冰釋前嫌 bīng shì - qián xián (idiom) to forget previous differences / to bury the hatchet
忘不了 wàng bu liǎo cannot forget
还给老师 還給老師 huán gěi lǎo shī to forget (everything one has learned)
朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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