忘 wàng

1. wàng verb to forget
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '忘'; Guoyu '忘' v 1; Kroll 2015 '忘' 1, p. 470; Unihan '忘'; XHZD '忘', p. 779)
2. wàng verb to ignore; neglect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '忘'; Guoyu '忘' v 2; Kroll 2015 '忘' 1a, p. 470; Unihan '忘')
3. wàng verb to abandon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 舍弃 (Guoyu '忘' v 3)

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• 发行备忘录(發行備忘錄) offering memorandum (for public stock issue); publication memorandum
• 吃水不忘掘井人 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it.
• 健忘 forgetful
• 毋忘 Don't forget!
• 忘年交 friends despite the difference in age
• 见利忘义(見利忘義) to see profit and forget morality; to act from mercenary considerations
• 不愆不忘 neither mistaken nor forgetting
• 辗转难忘(輾轉難忘) to turn something over in one's mind and not be able to forget it
• 忘食 forget to eat
• 忘怀(忘懷) to forget
• 缱绻难忘(繾綣難忘) cannot forget a love
• 永志不忘(永誌不忘) always remember, never forget
• 遗忘症(遺忘症) amnesia
• 备忘录(備忘錄) memorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum book
• 遗忘(遺忘) to forget
• 忘我 selflessness; altruism
• 见色忘友(見色忘友) to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love
• 忘却(忘卻) to forget
• 得鱼忘筌(得魚忘筌) catch fish then forget the trap; to take help for granted
• 忘掉 to forget
• 贵人多忘(貴人多忘) an eminent person has short memory
• 忘记(忘記) to forget
• 废寝忘食(廢寢忘食) to neglect sleep and forget about food; to skip one's sleep and meals
• 忘餐 to forget one's meals
• 志之不忘(誌之不忘) to take a mental note, so as not to forget
• 忘路之远近(忘路之遠近) he forgot how far he had gone
• 好了伤疤忘了疼(好了傷疤忘了疼) to forget past pains once the wound has healed
• 醉或能忘 wine may bring forgetfulness
• 忘恩 to be ungrateful
• 忘八旦 turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
• 流连忘返(流連忘返) to wander afar and forget to come home
• 淡忘 to be forgotten; to fade from memory
• 数典忘祖(數典忘祖) to recount history but omit one's ancestors; to forget one's roots
• 健忘症 amnesia
• 没齿难忘(沒齒難忘) hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out; to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
• 忘情 unmoved; indifferent; unruffled by sentiment
• 贵人多忘事(貴人多忘事) a person of eminence has a short memory
• 舍生忘死(捨生忘死) bravery with no thought of personal safety; risking life and limb; undaunted by perils
• 没齿不忘(沒齒不忘) will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out; to remember as long as one lives
• 忘八蛋 turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
• 安不忘战(安不忘戰) do not forget about war in times of peace
• 念念不忘 to keep in mind constantly
• 转眼便忘(轉眼便忘) what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't miss
• 前事不忘，后事之师(前事不忘，後事之師) don't forget past events, they can guide you in future; benefit from past experience
• 苟富贵，勿相忘(苟富貴，勿相忘) don't forget your friends when you become rich
• 忘恩负义(忘恩負義) to forget favors and violate justice; ingratitude to a friend
• 勿忘我 forget-me-not, genus Myosotis
• 忘机(忘機) free of worldly concerns; above the fray; at peace with the world
• 发愤忘食(發憤忘食) so dedicated as to forget one's meals
• 见色忘义(見色忘義) to forget loyalty when in love; hoes before bros

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• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 28
• 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace Xunzi 荀子 — count: 18
• 卷五十六 Scroll 56 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 《大宗師》 The Great and Most Honoured Master Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 14
• 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 14
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 13
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 卷一百九十上 列傳第一百四十上: 文苑上 Volume 190 Biographies 140: Men of Letters 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 12
• 卷三十七 Scroll 37 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11

Collocations

• 敢忘 (敢忘) 寡人弗敢忘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 11
• 不敢忘 (不敢忘) 不敢忘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 忘君 (忘君) 我襄公未忘君之舊勳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 9
• 忘先君 (忘先君) 忘先君之舊臣與賢者 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧權輿 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Quan Yu — count: 8
• 忘旧 (忘舊) 得寵而忘舊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 忘其所 (忘其所) 而忘其所僑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 民忘 (民忘) 民忘其死 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧東山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Dong Shan — count: 4
• 忘贫 (忘貧) 好富而忘貧 — Guanzi 管子, 七主七臣第五十二 Chapter 52: Seven Rulers and Seven Ministers — count: 4
• 未忘 (未忘) 民未忘禍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 忘父母 (忘父母) 壹舉足而不敢忘父母 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 4