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"forgive and forget" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
略迹原情 略跡原情 lüè jì yuán qíng to overlook past faults (idiom) / to forgive and forget 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
Chinese Pinyin Translation
失态 失態 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation) syn
才疏学浅 才疏學淺 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom) / Pray forgive my ignorance,... 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
乐不思蜀 樂不思蜀 lè bù sī shǔ indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom) syn
原谅 原諒 yuán liàng to excuse / to forgive / to pardon syn
宽容 寬容 kuān róng lenient / tolerant / indulgent / charitable / to forgive syn
包容 bāo róng to pardon / to forgive / to show tolerance / to contain / to hold / inclusive syn
见谅 見諒 jiàn liàng please forgive me syn
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare / to forgive
失礼 失禮 shī lǐ to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety) syn
宽恕 寬恕 kuān shù to forgive / forgiveness syn
包涵 bāo hán to excuse / to forgive / to bear with / to contain syn
饶恕 饒恕 ráo shù to forgive / to pardon / to spare syn
不依不饶 不依不饒 bù yī bù ráo not to overlook, nor spare (idiom) / unwilling to forgive / to treat severely without listening to excuses
恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me
赦罪 shè zuì to forgive (an offender)
贷 貸 dài to lend on interest / to borrow / a loan / leniency / to make excuses / to pardon / to forgive syn
饶 饒 ráo rich / abundant / exuberant / to add for free / to throw in as bonus / to spare / to forgive / despite / although syn
恕 shù to forgive syn
赊 賒 shē to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive syn
宥 yòu to forgive / to help / profound
得饶人处且饶人 得饒人處且饒人 dé ráo rén chù qiě ráo rén where it is possible to let people off, one should spare them (idiom) / anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible
轻饶素放 輕饒素放 qīng ráo sù fàng easily forgive, simply release (idiom) / to let sb off scot free
不轻饶 不輕饒 bù qīng ráo not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it!
宽宥 寬宥 kuān yòu to pardon / to forgive
宽赦 寬赦 kuān shè to forgive
宽饶 寬饒 kuān ráo to forgive / to spare syn
见亮 見亮 jiàn liàng please forgive me
轻饶 輕饒 qīng ráo to forgive easily / to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
饶过 饒過 ráo guò to pardon / to excuse / to forgive
海涵 hǎi hán (polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings) syn
包涵 bāo han to excuse / to forgive / to bear with / to be tolerant syn
失敬 shī jìng to show disrespect / I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me syn
容恕 róng shù to forgive / to pardon
流连忘返 流連忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home 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
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
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
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
流宕忘反 liú dàng wàng fǎn to stray and forget to return
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!
发射后自寻的 發射後自尋的 fire-and-forget
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
遗落 遺落 yí luò to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out 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
忘本 wàng běn to forget one's roots 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
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
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
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
毋忘 wú wàng Don't forget! (literary)
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
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)
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)
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
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)
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn
广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn
五劳七伤 五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
三曹 sān cáo the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
春秋五霸 chūn qiū wǔ bà the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[Qi2 Huan2 gong1], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[Song4 Xiang1 gong1] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[Yue4 wang2 Gou1 Jian4]
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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