永矢弗谖
yǒng​shǐ​fú​xuān

to swear never to forget

  • created sense approved 永矢弗谖/永矢弗諼 · yǒng​shǐ​fú​xuān · to swear never to forget — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    永矢弗谖 / 永矢弗諼

    yǒng​shǐ​fú​xuān

    to swear never to forget

    Literary idiom used to express a lifelong vow to never forget a person or an experience; literally "to swear for eternity to not forget".

    永 (literal) → 永 · yǒng · forever 矢 (literal) → 矢 · shǐ · to swear 弗 (literal) → 弗 · fú · not 谖 (literal) → 谖/諼 · xuān · to forget

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