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- to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
Trad. 數典忘祖
- to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
Trad. 發憤忘食
- so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
Trad. 捨生忘死
- bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb
- undaunted by perils
Trad. 過目不忘
- to have a highly retentive memory
- to have sth imprinted in one's memory
Trad. 轉眼便忘
- what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't miss (idiom)
Trad. 忘恩負義
- to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
- to kick a benefactor in the teeth
Trad. 忘餐廢寢
- see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
- for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
- selfless
Trad. 廢寢忘食
- (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
Trad. 廢寢忘餐
- see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
Trad. 流連忘返
- to linger
- to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
Trad. 見利忘義
- (idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit
Trad. 勿忘國恥
- 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
- so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure
- beside oneself with joy
Trad. 貴人多忘
- an eminent person has short memory (idiom)
Trad. 見色忘友
- to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love
Trad. 見色忘義
- to forget loyalty when in love
- hoes before bros
Trad. 提筆忘字
- to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters
Trad. 沒齒不忘
- lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out
- to remember as long as one lives
- unforgettable (idiom)
Trad. 沒齒難忘
- hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
- undying gratitude
Trad. 得魚忘筌
- lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to take help for granted
Trad. 諒解備忘錄
- memorandum of understanding
Trad. 發行備忘錄
- offering memorandum (for public stock issue)
- publication memorandum
Trad. 貴人多忘事
- see 貴人多忘|贵人多忘[gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4]
Trad. 好了傷疤忘了疼
- to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
Trad. 好了瘡疤忘了痛
- see 好了傷疤忘了疼|好了伤疤忘了疼[hao3 le5 shang1 ba1 wang4 le5 teng2]
Trad. 苟富貴，勿相忘
- don't forget your friends when you become rich
- see 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)
Trad. 前事不忘，後事之師
- don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience