好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo​jì​xìng​bù​rú​làn​bǐ​tóu

the palest ink is better than the best memory

  • created sense approved 好记性不如烂笔头/好記性不如爛筆頭 · hǎo​jì​xìng​bù​rú​làn​bǐ​tóu · the palest ink is better than the best memory — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好记性不如烂笔头 / 好記性不如爛筆頭

    hǎo​jì​xìng​bù​rú​làn​bǐ​tóu

    the palest ink is better than the best memory

    a good memory is not as reliable as even a broken pen; it is better to take notes than to rely on memory alone

    好 (literal) → 好 · hǎo · good 记性 (literal) → 记性/記性 · jì​xing · memory 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · not as good as 烂 (literal) → 烂/爛 · làn · broken 笔头 (literal) → 笔头/筆頭 · bǐ​tóu · nib

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense