贵人多忘
guì​rén​duō​wàng

great people have short memories

  • created reference approved 贵人多忘/貴人多忘 → 贵人多忘事/貴人多忘事 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贵人多忘 / 貴人多忘 guì​rén​duō​wàng

    贵人多忘事 / 貴人多忘事 guì​rén​duō​wàng​shì

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 贵人多忘/貴人多忘 · guì​rén​duō​wàng · great people have short memories — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贵人多忘 / 貴人多忘

    guì​rén​duō​wàng

    great people have short memories

    Describes people in high positions or of high status who have a poor memory; often used to mock someone who has forgotten a previous acquaintance or promise

    贵人 (literal) → 贵人/貴人 · guì​rén · person of high rank 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 忘 (literal) → 忘 · wàng · to forget

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

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